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.
| Name | Role | 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 Shaddick | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 8 May 2028 |
| Claire Morgan | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 31 October 2027 |
| Professor Roger Whitaker | Pro Vice-Chancellor | 31 May 2026 |
| Michelle Deininger (Interim) | Director of Continuing and Professional Education | ex-officio |
| Claire Jaynes (Interim) | Director of English Language Programmes | ex-officio |
| Helen Spittle | Director for Cardiff Learning and Teaching Academy | ex-officio |
| Tracey Stanley | Director of University Libraries and The University Librarian | ex 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 Nicola Innes (Interim) / Professor Phil Stephen (Interim) | Head of School, Healthcare Sciences | |
| 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.
| Name | School | 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 Pope | Chemistry | 31 July 2026 |
| Professor Andrew Kerr | Earth and Environmental Sciences | 31 July 2026 |
| Professor Anthony Bennett | Engineering | 31 July 2026 |
| Professor Gerard O'Grady | English, Communication and Philosophy | 31 July 2026 |
| Professor Clare Griffiths | History, Archaeology and Religion | 31 July 2027 |
| Professor Edwin Egede | Law and Politics | 31 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 Bundy | Healthcare Sciences | 31 July 2025 |
Twenty-five members elected by and from the academic staff of the Schools:
| Name | School | End of current term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Getheridge | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 31 July 2025 |
| Dr Tahl Kaminer | Architecture | 31 July 2026 |
| Kate Richards | Biosciences | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Emma Blain | Biosciences | 31 July 2026 |
| Dr Xuesheng You | Business | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Olaya Moldes Andres | Business | 31 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 Kamalipour | Geography and Planning | 31 July 2026 |
| Dr Dominic Roche | Healthcare Sciences | 31 July 2025 |
| Grace Thomas | Healthcare Sciences | 31 July 2026 |
| Dr David Doddington | History, Archaeology and Religion | 31 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 Hewitt | Medicine | 31 July 2025 |
| Joanne Pagett | Modern Languages | 31 July 2025 |
| Dr Juan Pereiro Viterbo | Physics and Astronomy | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Vassiliki Papatsiba | Social Sciences | 31 July 2026 |
| Cadi Rhys Thomas | Welsh | 31 July2027 |
| One vacancy | 31 July 2026 |
Five members elected by and from the academic staff of the Professional Services group:
| Name | Department | End of current term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Reade | Academic and Student Support Services | 31 July 2025 |
| Fflur Evans | Communications and Marketing | 31 July 2026 |
| Luke Jehu | Estates | 31 July 2027 |
| Dr Andy Skyrme | University IT | 31 July 2026 |
| Rebecca Newsome | Vice-Chancellor's Office | 31 July 2025 |
| Name | End of current term of office |
|---|---|
| Madison Hutchinson | 30 June 2025 |
| Micaela Panes | 30 June 2025 |
| Shola Bold | 30 June 2025 |
| Ana Nagiel Escobar | 30 June 2025 |
| Georgia Spry | 30 June 2025 |
| Catrin Edith Parry | 30 June 2025 |
| Eve Chamberlain | 30 June 2025 |