New Heads of School

The University has appointed five new Heads of School.

The new appointees, who are pictured left to right, are:

• Professor Simon Clark, Head of the School of Economics
• Professor Alvin Jackson, Head of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Head of the School of Social and Political Science
• Dr Pat McLaughlin, Head of the Moray House School of Education
• Professor Dave Robertson, Head of the School of Informatics

Professors Clark, Jeffery and Robertson will take up their new posts at the start of the new academic year.

Professor Jackson will begin his new role in January 2010.

Dr McLaughlin takes up his position on 1 October.

All five new Heads completed an induction course in August to help ease them into their new roles.