Chair of the Board of Governors

The Role RGU is one of Scotland''s leading universities. As the 2026 Scottish Herald HE Institution of the Year, our work-integrated approach to learning sets us apart in a crowded sector. At RGU, that means a deliberate range of opportunities designed to build students'' capabilities through real, work-focused activity: working with employers, professional bodies, community partners, in real world professional contexts, so that learning and practice come together rather than sitting side by side. Students leave RGU ready for work because the university has built that readiness into everything it does, not bolted it on as an afterthought. Higher education is not standing still. Funding, regulation, demographics and public expectation are all shifting, often at the same time. The universities that come through this period well will be the ones prepared to evolve. RGU intends to be one of them, and its next Chair will lead the Board through that work. This is a governance role, not an operational one. The Chair leads the Board, the Vice-Chancellor and Principal leads the university. But the Chair sets the tone for the Board, sharpens its thinking, and ensures it asks the right questions of the executive at the right time. Done well, that combination of support and challenge is what keeps a university performing at its best. We need someone with substantial senior leadership experience and proven experience chairing a board or sub-committee, ideally one operating in a complex, ..... full job details .....