Governance

Honorary Members

  • Professor Sir Alexander McCall Smith
  • Sir Ian Rankin
  • Lady Joyce Caplan

Committee Members

  • President: Mrs Louise Gardiner
  • Honorary Secretary: vacant
  • Honorary Treasurer: Mr Richard Battersby
  • Dr Kit Baston
  • Dr Simon Burton
  • Dr Lucinda Byatt
  • Mrs Rachel Cadell
  • Professor John Cairns
  • Mr John Scott Moncrieff
  • Dr Shenxiao Tong

Ex Officio

  • Mr Daryl Green, Associate Director Heritage Collections (Research & Curatorial)
  • Mr Gavin McLachlan, Chief Information Officer and Librarian to the University
  • Mr Jeremy Upton, Director of Library and University Collections

Co-opted

  • Professor Lesley McAra, CBE, FRSE, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
  • Dr Gerard McKeever, Lecturer in Modern Scottish Literature and Co-Director of Edition

Administrator

  • Ms Alason Roberts

Editor of The Piper

  • Dr Lucinda Byatt

Website editor

  • Dr Kit Baston

Independent Examiner

  • Mr Chris Smith

Constitution

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Year ended 31 July 2025

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