The University of Glasgow is a public research university in Glasgow,Scotland. Founded by papal bull in 1451 [O.S. 1450],it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Along with the universities of St Andrews,Aberdeen,and Edinburgh,the university was part of the Scottish Enlightenment during the 18th century. Glasgow is the largest university in Scotland by total enrolment and,with over 15,900 postgraduates,the fifth-largest in the United Kingdom by postgraduate enrolment.
Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings,he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design,which,in his case,led to the development of propranolol and cimetidine. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow,where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and,while there,developed propranolol,a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Black was also responsible for the development of cimetidine,an H2 receptor antagonist,a drug used to treat stomach ulcers.
Helena Ann Kennedy,Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws,is a Scottish barrister,broadcaster,and Labour member of the House of Lords. She was Principal of Mansfield College,Oxford,from 2011 to 2018. A Bencher of Gray's Inn,an Honorary Writer to the Signet and the recipient of 42 Honorary Degrees from many universities including those of Glasgow and Edinburgh in recognition of work on women and the law and on widening participation in higher education. She is President of Justice,the law reform think tank,and is also director of the International Bar Association's Institute of Human Rights.
Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh,Scotland. Napier Technical College,the predecessor of the university,was founded in 1964,taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napier. The technical college was inaugurated as a university in 1992 by Lord Douglas-Hamilton,becoming Napier University. In 2009,the university was renamed Edinburgh Napier University.
Lady Elish Frances Angiolini is a Scottish lawyer who is a Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford and has served as the Principal of St Hugh's College,Oxford since 2012;she was a candidate in the 2024 University of Oxford Chancellor election. In June 2023,she was appointed to the office of Lord Clerk Register by King Charles III,the first woman to hold the role since its creation in the 13th century.
Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott was a Scottish microbiologist who was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.
The Principal of the University of Glasgow is the working head of the University,acting as its chief executive. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the university as well as its strategic planning and administration. The Principal is appointed by the University Court and is President of the Senate,the university's supreme academic body. The Principal is normally also created Vice-Chancellor of the university,conferring on him the degree-awarding powers of the Chancellor.
Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli is the Principal of the University of Glasgow and one of the United Kingdom's top economists.
Professor Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer,DBE,FRSE,FRSA is a British political scientist and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University,Edinburgh.
Steven Kenneth Chapman is a British chemist and academic. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University in Perth,Western Australia,between 2015 and 2024. Before that,he was Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane was a Scottish electrical engineer and leading academic who served as Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University,Edinburgh,and Rector,University of the Highlands and Islands.
Alexander John "Sandy" Trees,Baron Trees is a Professor of veterinary parasitology and a Crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Kathleen Janette Anderson OBE FRSE FRCC (1927–2002) was a 20th-century Scottish biochemist,highly involved in the transition of Napier College into Napier University.
Quintin McKellar is a British veterinary surgeon and academic. In the 2011 New Year Honours list,he was appointed a CBE for services to science during his tenure as principal of the Royal Veterinary College. Since January 2011 he has been vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.
Sir Thomas Dalling was a Scottish veterinarian and lifelong champion of veterinary research and education.
Dame Sally Mapstone is a British academic who has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews since 2016.
John McDougal Russell Greig CBE FRSE MRCVS was a Scottish veterinarian who was Director of the Moredun Research Institute from 1930 to 1954. He is noted for the development of several important animal vaccines:Enzootic abortion in ewes;Braxy and Louping ill. His work on milk effectively created "clean milk" for the first time in Britain.
Jenny Higham is Vice-Chancellor and CEO of the University of Suffolk. She was the first woman to serve as Principal of St George's,University of London,which she took up an appointment in November 2015. St George's,University of London obtained University status in June 2022,meaning Higham's position became Vice-Chancellor. She was the first female to be elected Chair of the Medical Schools Council. Higham is also an Honorary Consultant at St. Georges NHS Foundation Trust and a visiting professor at the Imperial College London.
Sue Rigby is Professor of paleontology and Principal and Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University. She was previously Vice-Chancellor of Bath Spa University. She is an HEA Principal Fellow and an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh.
Julie Lydia Fitzpatrick is a Scottish scientist and academic. She is the CEO of Moredun Research Institute and Scotland's part-time Chief Scientific Advisor. She attended Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies meetings in that role.
