Currently there are two staff Governors on Court – Professor Catriona Miller, represents Academic Staff and David Halliday, head of Security at GCU, currently holds the seat representing Professional and Support Staff at GCU.
Trade Union Nominees on GCU Court
Following the successful campaign by campus unions throughout Scotland to get legislation passed in Scotland’s Parliament to democratise the governance of Scottish universities, the campus unions at GCU subsequently nominated EIS member Dr Nick McKerrell, and Unison member Ellen Gibson as the current nominees of the joint Trade Unions at GCU. These posts are decided periodically after a democratic discussion amongst the joint trade unions and within the Combined Union Committee at GCU.
Dr Nick McKerrell
Nick is the first Academic Trade Union Nominated Governor at GCU. He has held this position since September 2020. He is also on the People Committee of Court and is the Union nominated representative on the Selection Committee for the new Principal.
Nick is the local branch convenor of the EIS/University Lecturers’ Association at GCU and has been a union activist since he joined the University in 1996. He is a Senior Lecturer in Law and regularly appears on the media rambling on about different legal things.
Ellen Gibson
Ellen is the first Professional and Support Staff Trade Union Nominated Governor at GCU. She has held this position since September 2020 and she is also on the People Committee.
Ellen has been active in the GCU UNISON branch since joining the university 16 years ago and is a careers adviser at GCU.
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