Court
Chair
The Right Honourable Baroness Virginia Bottomley of
Nettlestone, The Chancellor
Secretary
Frances Owen, Quality Director, University Registrar and
Secretary
Assistant Secretary
Monica Birch, Governance and Compliance Officer
Terms of Reference
Ordinance 12
Mode of Operation
The Court will support equality of opportunity and good relations between staff
and students whatever their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation,
religion and belief, age or socio-economic background. This support will
include participating in university activities, such as equalities monitoring,
impact assessment and other measures as appropriate, in line with the
University’s legal obligations.
The Court holds an Annual General Meeting.
Composition
Membership
Title and category
Chair
The Chancellor
Name
The Right Honourable
Baroness Virginia Bottomley
of Nettlestone
Secretary
Quality Director, University Registrar and Secretary
Frances Owen
Assistant Secretary
Monica Birch
Class 1 - Officers
Pro-Chancellor
Pro-Chancellor and Treasurer
Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council
Vice-Chancellor
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)
Jim Dick (2012)
Nicky Duncumb (2010)
John Standen (2012)
Professor Calie Pistorius
Professor John Leach
Professor Glenn Burgess
Professor Barry Winn
Class 2 – Life Members
All persons who were members of the Council of the
University College of Hull at the date of its
dissolution
Former Pro-Chancellors of the University
Dr Peter Barker
Dr Tom Farrell
Dr John Parkes
Dr Veronica Pettifer
John Robinson
Every person contributing to the University a
donation as set out in the Ordinances
Assem Allam
John Bernasconi
Jack Brignall
Eddie Hong
R Needler
Jerre Paxton
Any Corporation, Local Authority, Company,
Association or Partnership making the requisite
donation shall be entitled on occasion to appoint
one person to be a member for life
Class 3 – Public Authorities
Ten representatives appointed by each of the
Councils of the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Cllr Kate Gray (2010)
Cllr Mary-Rose Hardy (2010)
Cllr Kerry Hemming-Tayler
(2010)
Cllr Angela Ibson (2010)
Cllr Geraldine Mathieson
(2010)
Mr J Murphy (2010)
Cllr Mrs Margaret Raymond
(2009)
Cllr Dee Sharpe (2010)
Cllr Kay West (2010)
Vacancy (2010)
Hull City Council
Three representatives appointed by each of the
Councils of North Lincolnshire, North East
Lincolnshire, Ryedale District and Scarborough
Borough
North Lincolnshire Council
North East Lincolnshire Council
Ryedale District Council
Scarborough Borough Council
Two representatives appointed by each of the
County Councils of North Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire County Council
Lincolnshire County Council
Two representatives appointed by the City Council
of York
Cllr Abigail Bell (2010)
Cllr Kenneth Branson (2010)
Honorary Alderman Gordon
Caselton (2010)
Cllr Sean Chaytor (2010)
Cllr John Fareham (2010)
Cllr David Gemmell (2010)
Cllr Stephen Hull (2010)
Cllr John Robinson (2010)
Cllr Damien Walker (2010)
Vacancy (2010)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Cllr Iain Colquhoun (2010)
Cllr Daniel Khan (2010)
Cllr Anthony McCabe (2010)
Vacancy (2010)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Cllr Godfrey Allanson (2012)
Cllr Norman Murphy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Cllr Margaret Hulme (May
2013)
Cllr Dave Peart (May 2013)
Cllr Mrs Patricia Bradwell
(2010)
Cllr Anthony Turner MBE
(2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
One representative appointed by the District Council Cllr Mrs Carol Mackman
of Selby
(2010)
Representatives not exceeding seventeen in
number of such other Public Authorities in the
Counties and Authorities as the Court may from
time to time determine
Class 4 – Representatives of Churches and
Religions
The Lord Archbishop of York
The Bishop Suffragan for the time being of Hull
The Roman Catholic Bishops for the time being of
Middlesbrough and Nottingham
Three representatives of the Free Churches to be
appointed in a manner to be approved by the Court
President, Key Churches Together
Key Churches Together
Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Free Church
Federal Council
Revd Stephen Burgess
(2012)
The Very Revd Canon
Michael Loughlin (2012)
Revd David Littlewood (2010)
One representative of each of the following
religions:
Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
The Rabbi in Hull (or nominee)
Vacancy (2012)
Class 5 – Members of Parliament
The members of the Commons House of Parliament
elected for the several divisions of the City of Hull
Kingston upon Hull East
Karl Turner
Kingston upon Hull North
Diana Johnson
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
The Right Honourable Alan
Johnson
Not more than twelve Members of the Commons
House of Parliament elected for constituencies in
the Counties and Authorities, to be nominated by
Court but not including those nominated under (a) of
this clause
Beverley and Holderness
Brigg and Goole
City of York
Cleethorpes
East Yorkshire
Gainsborough
Great Grimsby
Haltemprice and Howden
Lincoln
Ryedale
Scarborough
Class 6 – Ex Officio Members
The Lord Lieutenants of the East Riding of
Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire
The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Hull
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of York
The Worshipful the Mayor of Doncaster
The Chief Executives of the Councils of the East
Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North
East Lincolnshire
The Chief Executive of Kingston upon Hull
The Chairmen and Directors of Law and
Administration of the Councils of the East Riding of
Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East
Lincolnshire
The Town Clerk of Hull
Graham Stuart
Andrew Percy
Hugh Bayley
Martin Vickers
The Right Honourable Greg
Knight
Edward Leigh
Austin Mitchell
The Right Honourable David
Davis
Karl McCartney
John Greenway
Robert Goodwill
The Chairmen of the education committees of the
Councils of the East Riding of Yorkshire, North
Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire
and North Yorkshire and of the Borough Council of
Doncaster and the portfolio holder for Life Long
Learning of the Council of Hull
The Chief Education Officers of the Councils of the
East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, and
North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire and North
Yorkshire and of the Borough Council of Doncaster,
and the Children and Young Persons Director of the
Council of Hull
The Master of St John’s College, Cambridge
The Resident Judge at the Kingston upon Hull
Combined Court Centre
Class 7 – Representatives of the University
The members of Council
The members of Senate
Deans of the Faculties
Emeritus Professors
Professor Edward Abramson
Professor Dmitri Alekseevsky
Professor Ken Andrews
Professor Jay Appleton
Professor William Armstrong
Professor Keith Attenborough
Professor Robert Aveyard
Professor Robert Baldwin
Professor Peter Beardsell
Professor Peter Beckett
Professor Hugh Bevan
Professor Allan Bottomley
Professor John Bradley
Professor Richard Briston
Professor Christopher
Brookes
Professor Graham Brookes
Professor Frederick Bryant
Professor John Chapple
Professor Graham Chesters
Professor Alan Clarke
Professor Ann Clarke
Professor Margaret Clarke
Professor George Cole
Professor John Coley-Smith
Professor Christopher
Collinson
Professor John Cookson
Professor Alan Cummings
Professor Ian Cunnison
Professor Edwin Dawes
Professor David Dilks
Professor Clement Dodd
Professor Peter Dyer
Professor David Eltis
Professor Barbara English
Professor Paul Fairest
Professor John Friend
Professor Paul Gilbert
Professor William Gillespie
Professor George Gray
Professor Winston Hagston
Professor Gwyn HarriesJenkins
Professor Robert Harris
Professor William Higginson
Professor Douglas Hooper
Professor Theo Hoppen
Professor Anthony Horsman
Professor John Ireson
Professor Bernard Jennings
Professor David Jones
Professor Peter King
Professor Ekkehard Kopp
Professor Anthony Lancaster
Professor Howell Lloyd
Professor Paul Lovejoy
Professor Sir Roy Marshall
Professor Keith Maunders
Professor Thomas McAlindon
Professor Vincent McClelland
Professor David McNamara
Professor Brian Moloney
Professor Brian Newbould
Professor Judith Okely
Professor Noel O’Sullivan
Professor Jennifer Palmer
Professor Bhikhu Parekh
Professor John Patmore
Professor David Pearson
Professor Valdo Pons
Professor John Price
Professor Alan Pugh
Professor David Purdie
Professor Stuart Ramsden
Professor Colin Ratledge
Professor Brian Rigby
Professor Donald Roy
Professor Brigitte
Schludermann
Professor Ronald Shaw
Professor Neil Sinyard
Professor Pauline Smith
Professor James Somerville
Professor Ken Swift
Professor Sir William Taylor
Professor Allen Thompson
Professor David Threlfall
Professor Alan Townshend
Professor Ken Toyne
Professor Leslie Walker
Professor Ray Walker
Professor Sandra Wallman
Professor Michael Walton
Professor Roy Ward
Professor Peter Wells
Professor Don Whitehead
Professor Henry Wilkinson
Professor John Wilton-Ely
Professor David Woodward
Three representatives to be elected by such
academic staff as are not members of Senate. An
Ordinance shall specify what persons are to be
deemed academic staff for this purpose and shall
prescribe the manner of election
Linda Clements (2010)
Vacancy (2010)
Vacancy (2010)
Two representatives to be elected by non academic
staff
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
The Registrar and Secretary
Frances Owen
The Wardens of the Halls of Residence of the
University
Sally Campbell (2011)
Danni Cattini (2011)
Jim Keane (2012)
Jane Mclocklan (2010)
Kim Routledge (2010)
Dr David Sands (2011)
Dorothy Vahid-Kasiri (2010)
Beverley Wormleighton
(2011)
Vacancy (2012)
Five representatives elected by Hull Alumni
Association from its own members
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Vacancy
Five representatives of the Union of Students
elected by the Union
James Kerr (2010)
Chris Marks (2010)
Alice Marshall (2010)
Jamie Scudamore (2010)
Ben Wilcox (2010)
Such other representatives of the University as the
Court may from time to time determine.
Class 8 – Representatives of Other Institutions
One person to be appointed by the St John’s
College Cambridge
One person each to be appointed by the Council of
the University of Leeds, the Council of the
University of Sheffield and the Council of the
University of York
Leeds
Sheffield
York
Dr George Reid (2011)
Penny Robinson (2013)
Ruth Arnold (2012)
Professor Peter Lamarque
(2010)
Such representatives of Institutions affiliated to or
otherwise associated with the University as the
Court may determine
The Secretary-General of the Association of
Commonwealth Universities
The Hull Incorporated Law Society
Representatives not exceeding five in number of the
University of Lincoln
Professor J Tarrant (Acting)
Vacancy (2012)
Professor D Chiddick (2012)
M Golightley (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
Vacancy (2012)
One person to be appointed by the Council of Her
Majesty’s Circuit Judges
His Honour Judge Roger
Thorn QC (2010)
One person to be appointed by York St John
University
Professor D Willcocks (2012)
Class 9 – Representatives of Commercial and
Trade Societies and Other Bodies
One representative of each of such Chambers of
Commerce, Societies and Trades Councils in the
Counties and Districts and of such bodies as the
Court may from time to time determine not
exceeding ten in number
Hull and Humber
Class 10 – Representatives of Learned Societies
and Professional Bodies
One representative of each of the following:
The British Academy
Dr I Kelly (2011)
Professor Karl Hoppen
(2012)
The Council of the Law Society
Vacancy (2011)
The General Council of the Bar
Vacancy (2012)
The Council of the British Medical Association
Dr J M Dunlop (2011)
The British Dental Association
Derek Cowley (2010)
The Royal Institute of British Architects
Donald Kitching (2011)
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Dr Chris Chapleo (2011)
The Institute of Physics
Vacancy (2010)
The Head Masters’ Conference
David Elstone (2012)
The Workers’ Educational Association
Lauren Farmer (2012)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales
Owen Finn (2011)
The Society of Incorporated Accountants and
Auditors
Vacancy (2012)
The Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants
Will James (2012)
The General Social Care Council
Graham Ixer (2010)
The Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr David Buchanan (2012)
The Medical Academy
Vacancy (2012)
The British Computer Society
Vacancy (2012)
The Chartered Institute for Marketing
Vacancy (2012)
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Hilary Edmondson (2010)
Class 11 – Representatives of Colleges and
Schools
The Heads of the Federation of Colleges
Two representatives of the Associate Institutes
Network
The Master Warden, Hull Trinity House School
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers
The National Union of Teachers
East Riding
Lincolnshire
The National Association of Schoolmasters and
Union of Women Teachers
C Cranmer (2010)
Christine Richman (2011)
Terry Cork (2012)
Sue Green (2012)
Mel Lowe (2011)
Class 12 – Other Persons
Such other persons not exceeding twenty in number
as may be elected by the Council
M J Barbeau (2010)
Paul Barbeau (2012)
Sir Patrick Cormack (2011)
Professor Sir Chris Evans
(2011)
Lord Christopher Haskins
(2010)
David Hawkins (2011)
John Trebble (2010)
On the nomination of Council retired members of
Council and its committees who have served at
least one term of three years
Rodger Booth (2013)
Eileen Bosomworth (2012)
Dr Martin Dickinson (2011)
Stephen Larard (2012)
Stephen Martin (2012)
Geoff Needler (2012)
Cynthia Radcliffe (2012)
Scilla Smith (2012)
Terry Smith (2012)
In Attendance:
Director of Administrative Services
Human Resources Director
25 May 2010
Dr Amanda Wilcox
Rory Howie