Court

Heriot-Watt University is regulated by the Court, which is the body that ultimately oversees all the University's financial and contractual issues, and academic undertakings.

A profile of each member of Court can be found below.

Should you wish to contact any member of the Court, please do so through the University Secretary, Ruth Moir, at R.J.Moir@hw.ac.uk.

Members of Court (by member category)

Chair of Court

• Mr Bruce Pritchard

Deputy Chair of Court

• Mr Mike Tumilty

Co-opted by the Court

• Mr Graeme Dickson
• Ms Hilary Hansen
• Mr Steve Heathcote
• Mr Gary Kildare
• Mr Paul Lewis
• Ms Marta Phillips
• Mr Alan Robertson
• Mr Ian Stevenson
• Ms Denise Thomas
• Ms Dorothy Wright

Member of the Graduates and Former Students Association

• Dr Brian Henderson

President of the Student Union

• Mr Cameron Fields

Appointed by the Council of the Student Union

• Ms Holly McAdams

Principal and Vice-Chancellor

• Professor Richard A Williams

Vice-Principal, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

• Professor Steve McLaughlin

Dean of the University

• Dr Yvonne McLaren

Member of Senate

• Dr Bill MacPherson
• Professor Paul Dalgarno

Elected Staff Member

• Dr Laura Wicks
• Mr Bruce Roberts

Trade Union Member

• Professor David Jenkins
• Mr Jürgen Munz