Court Membership
Such Principal Officers of the University as the Court may from time to time determine
The Chair of Council & Pro-Chancellor - Mr Paul Walker (2024) Chair
The Vice-Chancellor and President - Professor Chris Day
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Professor Brian Walker (2027)
The Pro-Vice-Chancellors under Statute 12
- Professor David Burn (2027)
- Professor Richard Davies (2027)
- Professor Stephanie Glenndinning (2026)
- Professor Matthew Grenby (2028)
- Professor Nigel Harkness (2028)
- Professor Jane Robinson (2025)
- Professor Ruth Valentine (2028)
The Vice-Chair of Council - Mrs Pat Ritchie (2024)
The Treasurer - Mrs Angela Russell (2024)
The Chair of Convocation - Mr Nick Richardson (2025)
One Sabbatical Officer of the Students' Union elected annually by the Students' Union
President - Shah Yaseen Ali
Seven members of University staff appointed by the Academic Board
- Dr Alison Clarke (2026)
- Dr Stacy Gillis (2024)
- Dr Jo Matthan (2025)
- Mrs Naomi Oosman-Watts (2026)
- Professor Maggie Roe (2025)
- Dr Carys Watts (2026)
Together with such other co-opted members, not being fewer than thirty nor more than forty, as the Court shall from time to time determine
Ms Bethany Ainsley (2024)
Emerita Professor Katie Bushby (2025)
Ms Sara Bryson (2024)
Ms Charlotte Carpenter (2024)
Ms Lil Collingham-Clark (2024)
Ms Antonia Cundy (2024)
Ms Hilary Florek (2024)
Mr David Flory (2026)
Mr Jonathan Glass (2025)
Rt Rev Helen-Anne Hartley (2026)
Mrs Jacqui Henderson (2026)
Ms Jacqui Hodgson (2025)
Mr Mark I'Anson (2026)
Mr Ajay Khindria (2026)
Mr Vikas Kumar MBE (2024)
Mr Ian Levy MP (2024)
Ms Catherine McKinnell, MP (2025)
Ms Lorna Moran (2024)
Mr Henri Murison (2026)
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (2026)
Ms Abigail Pogson (2024)
Emeritus Professor Ian Postlethwaite (2025)
Ms Sanjee Ratnatunga (2024)
Ms Lucy Robson (2026)
Ms Giselle Stewart OBE (2026)
Ms Clare Talbot-Jones (2026)
Dr Robert Teoh (2024)
Ms Anne-Marie Trevelyan (2026)
Baroness Wyld (2024)
Honorary Members:
Mr Nick Forbes OBE
Mrs Olivia Grant OBE
Mr Richard Maudslay
Ms Chi Onwurah
Sir George Russell
Sir Nigel Sherlock