Board of Governors – Bath Spa University

Board of Governors – Bath Spa University
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Board of Governors
Our Board of Governors
The Board of Governors is responsible for:
Determining the educational character and mission of the University and for oversight of its activities
The effective and efficient use of resources, the solvency of the University and the Higher Education Corporation and for safeguarding their assets
Approving annual estimates of income and expenditure
The appointment, assessment, appraisal, grading, suspension, dismissal and determination of the pay and conditions of service of the holders of senior posts
Setting a framework for the pay and conditions of service of all other staff.
Membership of the Board of Governors
Jonathan Glasspool (Chair)
Emma Wakelin (Deputy Chair)
Nick Sturge
Steve Egan
Francesca Fryer
Julie Waterfield
Carole Stott
Antony Durbacz
Leonie Fleming
Jay Bhutani
Sanjay Shah
Ruth Ovens
Steve Wright
Professor Georgina Andrews
(Vice-Chancellor)
Ed Arnall-Culliford
Professor Peter Etchells
Joe Wilson
Janine Pointon
Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou
(Deputy Vice-Chancellor)
Jo Stocks
(Chief Financial Officer)
David Newman (University Secretary)
Deborah Wakely (Deputy University Secretary)
Katherine Lee (Governance and Assurance Manager)
Daniel Shaw (Governance and Assurance Manager)
In addition to the main board, there are four sub-committees:
Sub-committees
Antony Durbacz
(Chair)
Leonie Fleming
Julie Waterfield
Sanjay Shah
You can view the
Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Terms of Reference
online.
Jonathan Glasspool
(Chair)
Professor Georgina Andrews
(Vice-Chancellor)
Steve Egan
Antony Durbacz
Emma Wakelin
Carole Stott
You can view the
Nominations and Governance Terms of Reference
online.
Steve Egan
(Chair)
Professor Georgina Andrews
(Vice-Chancellor)
Nick Sturge
Francesca Fryer
Jay Bhutani
Steve Wright
You can view the
Finance and Infrastructure Committee Terms of Reference
online.
Emma Wakelin (Chair of Committee)
Georgina Andrews (Vice-Chancellor)
Jonathan Glasspool
Carole Stott
Julie Waterfield
Jay Bhutani
Joe Wilson.
You can view the
Academic and Assurance Partnerships Committee Terms of Reference
online.
Carole Stott
(Chair)
Jonathan Glasspool
Emma Wakelin
Ruth Ovens
Read more about the
Remuneration Committee
.
Schedule of meetings
The Board of Governors schedule of meetings for can be viewed below:
Schedule of meetings for academic year 2026/27
Schedule of meetings for academic year 2025/26
Documents
Access our
archive of documents
, including minutes from Board of Governors' meetings, and find out more about how Bath Spa University is managed.
The University maintains a
Register of Interests
of members of the Board of Governors and its committees and senior staff in regular attendance at meetings.
The Higher Education Code of Governance (published by the Committee of University Chairs, 2020) recommends that independent reviews of Board effectiveness take place every three years. The University undertook its most recent review in summer 2025 and further details are available in the
External Review of Governance
.
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