Education and Careers

Membership of University Geoscience UK is open to all departments/schools in higher education institutions with teaching and/or research interests in geoscience. 

A membership fee is set annually, presently £60. Departmental/school representation at meetings is open to respective heads of department/school or their delegated substitutes. 

Meetings

Meetings of University Geoscience UK are normally held twice a year, in spring and autumn. We aim to alternate the venue between Burlington House in London, and a university campus somewhere outside London. Additional meetings can be called at any time, and the Executive may meet more frequently. It is the responsibility of the Executive, through the Chairman and Secretary, to ensure that agendas are completed and circulated well in advance of meetings.

Minutes are taken during meetings, and these are circulated to all departmental/school heads and executive members as soon as possible thereafter. Correspondence to or from University Geoscience UK is through the Chairman and/or the Executive Secretary. Important items of correspondence are circulated between the two. Minutes of the meetings can be downloaded from the passworded Members' Page.

Current members

Institution	UGUK member(s) and role(s)
Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology University of Aberdeen	Prof Randell Stephenson r.stephenson@abdn.ac.uk Prof David Jolley d.jolley@abdn.ac.uk
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences Aberystwyth University	Prof Nick Pearce (UGUK rep) njp@aber.ac.uk Prof Geoff Duller (UGUK rep) ggd@aber.ac.uk
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Birmingham	Prof Tim Reston (Head of School) t.j.reston@bham.ac.uk
School of Environment and Technology University of Brighton	Prof Norman Moles n.moles@brighton.ac.uk
Department of Earth Sciences University of Bristol	Prof Michael Walter (Head of School) m.j.walter@bristol.ac.uk
Department of Earth Sciences University of Cambridge	Dr David Norman (Director of Teaching) dn102@cam.ac.uk
Darwin College University of Cambridge	Prof Mary Fowler (Master) master@darwin.cam.ac.uk
School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences Cardiff University	Prof Ian Hall (Head of Department) hall@cardiff.ac.uk
Department of Natural Sciences (Geoscience) University of Derby	Dr Sian Davies-Vollum (UGUK Exec: Executive Secretary) (Deputy Head of Department) s.davies-vollum@derby.ac.uk Prof Hugh Rollinson (UGUK rep) h.rollinson@derby.ac.uk
UCD School of Geological Sciences University College Dublin	Prof Frank McDermott (Head of Department) frank.mcdermott@ucd.ie
Department of Earth Sciences Durham University	Prof Jon Gluyas j.g.gluyas@durham.ac.uk Prof Colin MacPherson (Head of Department) colin.macpherson@durham.ac.uk Andy Aplin (UGUK Exec: Member) a.c.aplin@durham.ac.uk
School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia	Prof Kevin Hiscock (UGUK rep) k.hiscock@uea.ac.uk
School of Geosciences University of Edinburgh	Dr Susan Rigby (Head of Department) sue.rigby@ed.ac.uk
Camborne School of Mines University of Exeter in Cornwall	Prof Kip Jeffrey (Head of Department) c.jeffrey@exeter.ac.uk
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences National University of Ireland	Dr Peter Croot (Head of Department) peter.croot@nuigalway.ie
Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences University of Glasgow	Prof Martin Lee (Head of School) martin.lee@glasgow.ac.uk Dr Gordon Curry gordon.curry@glasgow.ac.uk Amanda Owen (UGUK Exec: Member) amanda.owen@glasgow.ac.uk
Institute of Petroleum Engineering Heriot-Watt University	Professor John Underhill j.r.underhill@hw.ac.uk
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences University of Hertfordshire	Dr Tim Sands (Head of Department) t.b.sands@herts.ac.uk
Department of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences University of Hull	Dr Rebecca Williams (UGUK Exec: Member) rebecca.williams@hull.ac.uk
School of Earth Sciences and Geography Keele University	Dr Stuart Egan (UGUK rep) s.s.egan@esci.keele.ac.uk
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment Kingston University	Dr Andrew Swan (Head of Department) swan@kingston.ac.uk
Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University	Prof Graham Harris (Head of Department) g.p.harris@lancaster.ac.uk
School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds	Prof Simon Bottrell (Head of Department) s.bottrell@leeds.ac.uk Graham McLeod (UGUK Exec: Member) g.w.mcleod@leeds.ac.uk
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment University of Leicester	Prof Mike Lovell (UGUK Honorary Exec (Advisory Only)) mtl@leicester.ac.uk Prof Richard England (Head of Department) hodgeology@le.ac.uk Sarah Davies (UGUK Exec: Member) hos-geoggeolenv@leicester.ac.uk
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of Liverpool	Dr John Wheeler (Head of Department) johnwh@liverpool.ac.uk Prof Peter Burgess (UGUK Exec: Member) peter.burgess@liverpool.ac.uk
School of Earth and Planetary Sciences Birkbeck College, University of London	Dr Charles Underwood (Head of Department) c.underwood@bbk.ac.uk
Department of Earth Science and Engineering Imperial College London	Prof Mark Sephton (Head of Department) m.a.sephton@imperial.ac.uk
Department of Earth Sciences Royal Holloway, University of London	Prof Jürgen Adam (Head of Department) jurgen.adam@rhul.ac.uk
Department of Earth Sciences University College London	Prof Lars Stixrude (Head of Department) l.stixrude@ucl.ac.uk
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Manchester	Prof Kevin Taylor (UGUK Exec: Treasurer) (Head of Department) kevin.taylor@manchester.ac.uk
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences/School of Engineering Newcastle University	Prof David Manning (UGUK rep) david.manning@newcastle.ac.uk
Department of Earth Sciences The Open University	Dr Arlene Hunter (Head of Department) environment-earth-ecosystems-hod@open.ac.uk
Department of Earth Sciences University of Oxford	Prof Gideon Henderson (Head of Department) gideonh@earth.ox.ac.uk
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences University of Plymouth	Prof Jon Shaw (UGUK Exec) (Head of School) jon.shaw@plymouth.ac.uk
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Portsmouth	Michelle Hale (Head of School) michelle.hale@port.ac.uk Nick Koor (UGUK Chair and Associate Head)) nick.koor@port.ac.uk
School of Ocean and Earth Science University of Southampton	Prof Tim Minshull tmin@noc.soton.ac.uk Prof Steve Robert (Head of Department) sr1@noc.soton.ac.uk
Energy and Environment Research Institute University of South Wales	Dr Ian Skilling (Course Leader, BSc Geology) ian.skilling@southwales.ac.uk
School of Geography and Geosciences University of St Andrews	Prof Tony Prave (Head of Department) ap13@st-andrews.ac.uk
British Geological Survey	Prof John Ludden (Director) jludden@bgs.ac.uk
The Geological Society	Pete Loader (Chair, Education Committee) peteloader@yahoo.co.uk Alicia Newton (Director of Science and Communications) alicia.newton@geolsoc.org.uk

UGUK Exec Committee

Chair

Nick Koor (nick.koor@port.ac.uk)
University of Portsmouth

Devolved responsibility: Public engagement; government policy and external relations (including UKRI)

Vice-Chair

Executive Secretary

Sian Davies-Vollum (s.davies-vollum@derby.ac.uk)
University of Derby

Treasurer

Kevin Taylor (kevin.taylor@manchester.ac.uk)
University of Manchester

Members

Andy Aplin (a.c.aplin@durham.ac.uk)
Durham University
Devolved responsibility: Research agenda, including infrastructure and facilities and postgraduate research

Peter Burgess (peter.burgess@liverpool.ac.uk)
University of Liverpool
Devolved responsibility: Recruitment & outreach (to schools and parents)

Mark Anderson (m.anderson@plymouth.ac.uk)
University of Plymouth
Devolved responsibility: Undergraduate teaching

Graham McLeod (g.w.mcleod@leeds.ac.uk)
University of Leeds
Devolved responsibility: ECR

Amanda Owen (amanda.owen@glasgow.ac.uk)
University of Glasgow
Devolved responsibility: ECR

Rebecca Williams (rebecca.williams@hull.ac.uk)
University of Hull
Devolved responsibility: Employability agenda & relations with employers (geoscience and non-geoscience, including teacher training)