Our Board of Governors

The Board of Governors is responsible for:

  1. Determining the educational character and mission of the University and for oversight of its activities
  2. The effective and efficient use of resources, the solvency of the University and the Higher Education Corporation and for safeguarding their assets
  3. Approving annual estimates of income and expenditure
  4. The appointment, assessment, appraisal, grading, suspension, dismissal and determination of the pay and conditions of service of the holders of senior posts
  5. Setting a framework for the pay and conditions of service of all other staff.

Membership of the Board of Governors

In addition to the main board, there are four sub-committees:

Sub-committees

You can view the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Terms of Reference online.

You can view the Nominations and Governance Terms of Reference online.

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.

Read more about the Remuneration Committee.

Schedule of meetings

The Board of Governors schedule of meetings for can be viewed below: 

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.