Below are the department reps elected from June 2026 until the elections in May/June 2028, including reps elected at by-elections during this period and excluding any who have stood down since election.

If there isn’t a UCU department rep for your immediate workplace, please contact one of the other reps in the faculty or email ucu@leeds.ac.uk.

Professional services

Academic operations

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Central offices

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 4
UCU health and safety reps 4

Finance

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

Futures institutes

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Learning and teaching

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

People and culture

Jenny Rivas Perez, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 4

Research and innovation service

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

Risk management

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Strategic marketing

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 4
UCU health and safety reps 4

UNIPOL student home

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps s1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Digital and information services directorate

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

IT

Andi Rylands, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 4
UCU health and safety reps 5

Library

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

Leeds institute for teaching excellence

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Transformation office

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Student education and experience

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Digital Education Service

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Student Curriculum and Operations

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Student Experience and Support

Alexa Athelstan, department rep and department health and safety rep

Student Success and Educational Engagement

Rachel Walls, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU health and safety reps 1

Facilities directorate

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

Faculty of engineering and physical sciences

Engineering and physical sciences, faculty

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

School of chemical and process engineering

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of chemistry

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of civil engineering

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of computer science

Hamish Carr, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of electronic and electrical engineering

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of mathematics

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of mechanical engineering

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of physics and astronomy

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

Southwest Jiaotong University – Leeds joint school

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Faculty of arts, humanities and cultures

Arts, humanities and cultures, faculty

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Fine art, history of art, and cultural studies

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1^*
UCU health and safety reps 1

Performance and cultural industries

Matty Elliott, department rep

ally Walsh, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

School of design

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of English

Brendon Nicholls, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of history

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of languages cultures and societies

Corrine Painter, department rep

Leah Wang, department rep

Sarah Waters, department rep

Sarah Hudspith, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 3

Language centre

Angela Hulme, department rep

Sara Montgomery, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of media and communication

Helen Thornham, department rep

Miriam Kent, department rep

Joanne Armitage, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU health and safety reps 1

School of music

James Mooney, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1

School of philosophy, religion and history of science

Simon Hewitt, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 2

Faculty of business

Leeds university business school

Andreas Georgiadis, department rep

Gabriella Alberti, department rep

Kate Hardy, department rep

Stefan Kesting, department rep and department health and safety rep

Xanthe Whittaker, department health and safety rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 5

Faculty of environment and social sciences

Environment and social sciences, faculty

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

School of earth, environment and sustainability

Jonathan Busch, department rep

Natalie Kopytko, department rep

Valeria Tolis, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 5
UCU health and safety reps 8

School of education

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of food science and nutrition

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of geography

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of law

James Greenwood-Reeves, department rep

Rosie Fox, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of politics and international studies

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of sociology and social policy

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

Institute for transport studies

David Watling, department rep

Paul Timms, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU health and safety reps 2

Faculty of health and life sciences

Health and life sciences, faculty

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

Leeds institute for data analytics

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 1
UCU health and safety reps 1

National institute for health research (NIHR) research delivery network coordinating centre

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 4
UCU health and safety reps 4

School of biology

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of biomedical sciences

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of dentistry

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of healthcare

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

School of medicine

Dan Howdon, department rep

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 15
UCU health and safety reps 16

School of molecular and cellular biology

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 3
UCU health and safety reps 3

School of psychology

Vacant roles:
UCU department reps 2
UCU health and safety reps 2

(*In these areas where the reps in post since before the 2024 election exceeded the number of reps roles listed as available for the 2024-2026 and 2026-2028 elections then the current reps can all be re-elected if the election is uncontested by new candidates.)

This page was last updated on 16 July 2026