Senate Membership
Ex officio Members | ||
| The Vice-Chancellor and Warden | Professor Christopher Higgins | |
| The Deputy Vice-Chancellor | Professor Ray Hudson | |
| The five Pro-Vice-Chancellors | Professor Robin Coningham, Professor Andrew Deeks, Professor Seth Kunin, Professor Tom McLeish, Professor Tom Ward | |
| The Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Warden of Colleges | Professor Graham Towl | |
| The Dean of the Graduate School | Professor Tim Clark | |
Heads of College | ||
| University College | Master: Professor David Held | |
| Hatfield College | Master: Professor Tim Burt | |
| St Mary's College | Principal: Professor Simon Hackett | |
| St Aidan's College | Principal: Dr Susan Frenk | |
| Grey College | Master: Professor Tom Allen | |
| Van Mildert College | Principal: Professor David Harper | |
| Trevelyan College | Principal: Professor Martyn Evans | |
| Collingwood College | Principal: Professor Joe Elliott | |
| College of St Hild and St Bede | Principal: Professor Christopher Hutchison | |
| St Chad's College | Principal: The Rev Dr Joe Cassidy | |
| St John's College | Principal: The Rev Dr David Wilkinson | |
| St Cuthbert's Society | Principal: Professor Elizabeth Archibald | |
| Ustinov College | Principal: Professor Maggie O'Neil | |
| George Stephenson College | Principal: Professor John Ashworth | |
| John Snow College | Principal: Professor Carolyn Summerbell | |
| Josephine Butler College | Principal: Mr Adrian Simpson | |
Heads of Departments (Chair of Boards of Studies) | ||
| Anthropology | Professor Robert Simpson | |
| Applied Social Sciences | Professor David Wall | |
| Archaeology | Professor Chris Scarre | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | Professor Patrick Hussey | |
| Business | Professor Robert Dixon | |
| Chemistry | Professor John Evans | |
| Classics & Ancient History | Professor Johannes Haubold | |
| Earth Sciences | Professor Jon Gluyas | |
| Education | Professor Peter Tymms | |
| Engineering and Computing Sciences | Professor Jon Trevelyan | |
| English Studies | Professor Corinne Saunders | |
| Geography | Professor Joe Painter | |
| Government and International Affairs | Professor James Piscatori | |
| History | Professor Justin Willis | |
| Law | Professor Deryck Beyleveld | |
| Mathematical Sciences | Professor Paul Mansfield | |
| School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health | Professor Pali Hungin | |
| Modern Languages and Cultures | Dr Edward Welch | |
| Music | Professor Martin Clayton | |
| Philosophy | Dr Robin Hendry | |
| Physics | Professor Martin Ward | |
| Psychology | Professor Charles Heywood | |
| Theology and Religion | Professor Alec Ryrie | |
| The Librarian: | Mr Jon Purcell | |
| The Director of University Information Technology: | Dr Carolyn Brown (Chief Information Officer) | |
Appointed Members | ||
| The President of Durham Students' Union: | Mr Archie Dallas | |
| Two further student representatives: (one of whom shall be a current Postgraduate student, appointed by the Durham Students' Union) | Miss Katie Hall (PG) and Mr Carl Nelson (UG) | |
Members appointed by the Academic Electoral Assembly: | ||
| Dr Marcela Cazzoli-Goeta (2013) | ||
| Dr Danny Chow (2013) | ||
| Dr Simon Forrest (2014) (Vice-Chair AEA 2015*) | ||
| Professor Lorna Fox O'Mahony (2014) | ||
| Dr Rebecca Gowland (2014) | ||
| Dr Russell Hill (2013) | ||
| Dr Jeremy Kendal (2015) | ||
| Dr Ulrich Krohn (2013) | ||
| Professor Ranald Michie (2013) | ||
| Dr Andrew Millard (2014) (Chair AEA 2015*) | ||
| Dr Sam Nolan (2015) | ||
| Dr Thomas Renstrom (2014) | ||
| Mrs Sharon Richardson (2015) | ||
| Dr Marina Sawdon (2015) | ||
| Dr Marek Szablewski (2014) | ||
| Ms Laura Wilson (2015) | ||
| Dr Dagou Zeze (2013) | ||
| (* Subject to re-election) | ||
No more than six co-opted members: | ||
| The Director of the English Language Centre | Professor Mike Davenport (2014)(10) | |
| The Director of the Foundation Centre | Mrs Catherine Marshall (2014)(08) | |
| Dean of Research (REF) | Professor Dave Petley (2014)(12) | |
| Dean of Queen's Campus | Professor Jo Phoenix (2014)(10) | |
| Executive Director of the Institute of Advanced Study | Professor Veronica Strang (2014)(12) | |
| The Director of the Wolfson Research Institute | Professor Clare Bambra (2014)(12) | |
Secretary: University Secretary to Senate and Council, Mr Peter Judge