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

Co-opted by the Court

• Dr Richard Armour
• Mr Graeme Dickson
• Mr Steve Heathcote
• Mr Gary Kildare
• Mr Paul Lewis
• Ms Morag McNeill
• Mr Cameron Millar
• Ms Marta Phillips
• Mr Alan Robertson
• Mr Mike Tumilty
• Mr Graham Watson
• Ms Dorothy Wright

Member of the Graduates and Former Students Association

• Dr Brian Henderson

President of the Student Union

• Mr Scott Anderson

Appointed by the Council of the Student Union

• Ms Molly Knight

Principal and Vice-Chancellor

• Professor Richard A Williams

Vice-Principal, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor

• Professor Mark Biggs

Dean of the University

• Professor Scott Arthur

Member of Senate

• Dr Fadi Ghaith
• Dr Bill MacPherson

Elected Staff Member

• Professor Marc Desmulliez
• Mr Chris Pirie

Trade Union Member

• Professor Lynne Baillie
• Mr Jürgen Munz

Court minutes and papers

Court minutes, agenda, papers, meeting dates and information for Court members.

Committees of Court

Key information

Related documents

• Chair of Court Candidate Pack May 2022 (3.2MB)
• Standard appointment letter - Court and Court Committee Members (208KB)
• Summary of Chair of Court Election 2022 (66KB)