The directorate of Academic & Corporate Governance is responsible for the support of a wide range of functions.
The functions include: Governance, Legal, Learning & Teaching, Quality Assurance, Early Dispute resolution and Strategic Planning
As Director of ACG, Dr Neale Laker has overall budgetary responsibility for the Directorate, however there are a number of Senior University Officers within ACG including the Vice-Principal (Learning & Teaching) and the Director of Strategic Planning who although part of ACG do not report to the ACG Director.
Within the Directorate there are a number of specialist teams and these are highlighted within the drop-down option from the Contacts link. Alternatively role descriptions of individual ACG staff members are provided below.
- Gordon McFarlane
- Partnerships Development Manager
Contact for developing existing partnerships and consideration of new projects
- Julie Begg
- PA to the Vice-Principal (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Wider Impact)
- William Boyd
- Graduates' Association Member of Court
(to 31/7/21)
- Charlotte Taylor
- Contract Manager
- Rebecca Coatswith
- Research Impact Manager
- Valerie Dorward
- PA to the Principal and Vice-Chancellor
- Dominika Feriancova
- Assistant to Secretariat
- Alison Glassey
- Quality and Academic Standards Officer
- Martin Glover
- Policy Officer (Academic Governance)
and Clerk to Senate
- Michelle Hendry
- PA to the Vice-Principal (International)
- Dawn Ingham
- PA to the University Secretary and Director of Academic & Corporate Governance
- Jaclyn Suttie
- Solicitor
- Neale Laker
- Director
- Elaine Mallows
- PA to Director of Strategic Planning
- Jane Marshall
- Graduates' Association Member of Court
(to 31/7/23)
- David McBeth
- Director of Research Innovation Services
- Jim McGeorge
- University Secretary and COO
Contact: Dawn Ingham (Personal Assistant)
- Claire McGinnis
- Solicitor
- Lynsey McIrvine
- PA to the Vice-Principal
(Academic Planning and Performance)
- Christine Milburn
- Policy Officer (Corporate Governance)
and Clerk to Court
- Nicola Millar
- Administrative Officer (Research)
- Clive Randall
- Research Policy Manager
- Liz Rogers
- Policy Officer (Risk & Audit)
- Erica Russell-Hensens
- Director of Quality and Academic Standards
- Umran Sarwar
- Director of Legal
- Debbie Smith
- Quality and Academic Standards Officer
- Lauren Stewart
- Directorate Assistant
- Karen Stulka
- Compliance Manager (Student)