Senior Management and Organisational Structure

Structure of the University

Executive Group

The Executive of the University is comprised of:

• Professor Liz Bacon, Principal & Vice-Chancellor

• Professor Alastair Irons, Deputy Principal & Deputy Vice-Chancellor

• Caroline Summers, Vice-Principal and University Secretary

• Eilidh Fraser, Director of People and Organisational Development

• Andrew Menzies, Director of Finance, Infrastructure and Corporate Services

Senior Management Team

The Senior Management Team advises the Executive Group on matters of policy. It also advises the University Governing Body, Court and the University Academic Council, Senate on matters of strategic policy (academic and resource), and acts on a day-to-day basis to implement the policies of Court and Senate.

The Senior Management Team is comprised of:

• Members of the Executive Group as noted above.

• Professor James Bown, Dean of the Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business

• Andrea Cameron, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences

• Professor Nia White, Dean of Research and the Graduate School

• Claire MacEachen, Dean of International and UK Partnerships

• Professor Luke Millard, Dean of Teaching and Learning

• James Nicholson, Director of Student and Academic Services

Organisational units with their Key Functions/Areas of Responsibility

Faculty of Design, Informatics and Business

• Department of Games, Technology and Mathematics

• Department of Games and Arts

• Department of Cybersecurity and Computing

• Dundee Business School

Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences

• Department of Built Environment and Life Sciences

• Department of Health, Sport and Wellbeing

• Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences

Graduate School

• Postgraduate Study (Research)

• Researcher Development

• Research & Knowledge Exchange Strategy and Framework

Learn more about Academic Faculties and the Graduate School.

Other Areas and Services

Abertay Learning Enhancement (AbLE) Academy

• Teaching and Learning Enhancement

• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

Finance, Infrastructure and Corporate Services

• Estate development

• sustainability and maintenance

• Residences

• Campus Facilities

• Finance & Payroll

• Research & Commercial Contracts

• Business Development

• Student Enterprise and Fundraising

• Procurement

• Purchasing & Contract Management

• Travel Administration Support

• Information Technology Projects & Business Change

• Business Continuity

• Internal Audit

People Services

• Human Resources

• Organisational Development

• Staff Learning and Development

• Health & Safety

• Occupational Health

Governance

• Corporate Governance

• Freedom of Information (FOI)

• Data protection

• Archives

• Legal Services*

^*outsourced

Strategic Planning

• Strategic & Operational Planning

• Management of Risk

• Management Information

• Scottish Funding Council (SFC) Liaison

External Relations

• Recruitment

• Admissions

• Marketing

• Business Engagement

• Widening Access

• Internal and External Communications

• Event Management

Student and Academic Services

• Student records

• Timetabling

• Assessment

• Academic Appeals

• Student Discipline

• Student Complaints

• Quality Assurance

• Support Enquiry Zone

• Advisory

• Counselling

• Careers

• Library

• Learner Development

• Learning Technology

• Sports

International and UK Partnerships