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Senate

The Senate is the senior forum for academic staff to shape academic strategy, as well as examine plans and raise issues of importance to the University.

The Senate's powers and constitution can be found in the University's Ordinances.

Current members

Membership of the Senate is made up of ex officio members whose role at the University means they sit on the Senate, elected members from academic staff, and student members. The secretary is Simon Wright, Academic Registrar.

NameRole End of current term of office
Professor Wendy Larner Chair: The Vice-Chancellor  
Professor Damian Walford Davies The Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 31 July 2028
Professor Rudolf Allemann Pro Vice-Chancellor 31 December 2026
Professor Urfan Khaliq Pro Vice-Chancellor 31 August 2028
Professor Stephen Riley Pro Vice-Chancellor 31 December 2027
Professor Gavin ShaddickPro Vice-Chancellor8 May 2028
Claire Morgan Pro Vice-Chancellor 31 October 2027
Professor Roger Whitaker Pro Vice-Chancellor 31 May 2026
Michelle Deininger (Interim) Director of Lifelong Learningex-officio
Claire Jaynes (Interim)Director of English Language Programmesex-officio
Helen Spittle Director for Cardiff Learning and Teaching Academy ex-officio
Tracey Stanley Director of University Libraries and The University Librarianex officio
Dr Juliet Davis Head of School, Architecture 31 July 2026
Professor Eshwar Mahenthiralingam Head of School, Biosciences 30 April 2028
Professor Tim Edwards Head of School, Business 31 August 2029
Professor Deborah Kays Head of School, Chemistry 31 May 2027
Dr Kathryn Jones Head of School, Computer Science and Informatics 22 May 2027
Professor Nicola Innes  Head of School, Dentistry 31 October 2025
Dr Jenny Pike Head of School, Earth and Environmental Sciences 17 August 2027
Professor Mark Llewellyn Head of School, English, Communications and Philosophy 31 January 2029
Professor Jianzhong Wu Head of School, Engineering 31 August 2025 
Professor Gill Bristow Head of School, Geography and Planning 31 January 2026
Professor Kate Button Head of School, Healthcare Sciences 30 November 2029
Professor Vicki Cummings Head of School, History, Archaeology and Religion 31 August 2028
Matt Walsh Head of School, Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies 31 January 2026
Professor Stuart Allan (Interim)Head of School, Law and Politics  
Dr Jonathan Thompson Head of School, Mathematics 31 July 2027
Professor Rachel Errington  Head of School, Medicine 30 September 2029
Professor David Clarke Head of School, Modern Languages 30 April 2026
Dr Nicholas Jones Head of School, Music 31 July 2028
Professor Barbara Ryan (interim) Head of School, Optometry and Vision Sciences  
Professor Mark Gumbleton Head of School, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 31 August 2025
Professor Haley Gomez Head of School, Physics and Astronomy 30 November 2028
Professor Katherine Shelton Head of School, Psychology 31 May 2028
Professor Thomas Hall  Head of School, Social Sciences 2 April 2025
Professor Dylan Foster Evans Head of School, Welsh 31 July 2025

Fifteen professors elected by and from the Professors of the University.

NameSchool End of current term of office
Professor Aseem Inam Architecture 31 July 2025
Professor Dafydd Jones Biosciences 31 July 2026
Professor Julian Gould-Williams Business 31 July 2026
Professor Simon PopeChemistry31 July 2026
Professor Andrew KerrEarth and Environmental Sciences31 July 2026
Professor Anthony Bennett Engineering 31 July 2026
Professor Gerard O'GradyEnglish, Communication and Philosophy31 July 2026
Professor Clare GriffithsHistory, Archaeology and Religion31 July 2027
Professor Edwin EgedeLaw and Politics31 July 2026
Professor Karl Michael Schmidt Mathematics 31 July 2027
Professor Kate Brain Medicine 31 July 2025
Professor Patrick Sutton Physics and Astronomy 31 July 2027
Professor Dominic Dwyer Psychology 31 July 2026
Professor Adam Hedgecoe Social Sciences 31 July 2027
Professor Christine BundyHealthcare Sciences31 July 2025

Twenty-five members elected by and from the academic staff of the Schools:

NameSchool End of current term of office
Graham Getheridge College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 31 July 2025
Dr Tahl KaminerArchitecture 31 July 2026
Kate Richards Biosciences 31 July 2027
Dr Emma BlainBiosciences31 July 2026
Dr Xuesheng YouBusiness31 July 2027
Dr Olaya Moldes AndresBusiness31 July 2027
Dr Sandy Gould Computer Sciences and Informatics 31 July 2027
Dr Catherine Teehan Computer Sciences and Informatics 31 July 2025
Dr Andreas Buerki English, Communication and Philosophy 31 July 2025
Dr Derek Dunne English, Communication and Philosophy 31 July 2025
Dr Hesam KamalipourGeography and Planning31 July 2026
Dr Dominic Roche Healthcare Sciences 31 July 2025
Grace ThomasHealthcare Sciences 31 July 2026
Dr David DoddingtonHistory, Archaeology and Religion31 July 2025
Dr Cindy Carter Journalism, Media and Culture 31 July 2026
Greg Mothersdale Journalism, Media and Culture 31 July 2027
Dr Natasha Hammond-Browning Law and Politics 31 July 2026
Lauren Cockayne Medicine 31 July 2026
Dr Jonathan HewittMedicine31 July 2025
Joanne Pagett Modern Languages 31 July 2025
Dr Juan Pereiro Viterbo Physics and Astronomy 31 July 2027
Dr Vassiliki PapatsibaSocial Sciences31 July 2026
Cadi Rhys ThomasWelsh31 July2027
One vacancy 31 July 2026

Five members elected by and from the academic staff of the Professional Services group:

NameDepartment End of current term of office
Michael Reade Academic and Student Support Services  31 July 2025
Fflur EvansCommunications and Marketing31 July 2026
Luke JehuEstates31 July 2027
Dr Andy Skyrme University IT 31 July 2026
Rebecca NewsomeVice-Chancellor's Office31 July 2025
Name End of current term of office
Madison Hutchinson30 June 2025
Micaela Panes30 June 2025
Shola Bold30 June 2025
Ana Nagiel Escobar30 June 2025
Georgia Spry30 June 2025
Catrin Edith Parry30 June 2025
Eve Chamberlain30 June 2025