Past Meeting

The Rector, Simon Fanshawe,  chaired the meeting and the Convener, Gordon Cairns gave the report from the Business Committee.

There were presentations from Ailsa Henderson, Professor of Political Science at the University, and Alison Payne, Research Director, Enlighten, followed by a discussion session about the implications of the recent elections to the Scottish Parliament.

Recordings of both sessions are available to view below.

The Secretary of the General Council, Dr William Duncan, noted the key dates for General Council elections and statutory meetings for 2026/27:

Elections for vacancies to the Business Committee will be held in February 2027 and nomination forms should be received by Wednesday 18 November 2026.

Future dates for Half-Yearly Meetings:

• Saturday 20 February 2027
• Saturday 12 June 2027 (provisional)

Some feedback received:

Many thanks for all the time and effort you put into making Saturday’s meeting such a success. I very much enjoyed both the meeting itself and the lunch afterwards. 

a really enjoyable event which was well-attended and very well organised.

I thought this morning’s event was excellent. The speakers were great and well chaired by Simon...The debate was informative and insightful...The lunch was good and good value for money. 

I email you to thank you for your efforts in organising today’s above detailed event. Truly excellent.

We just wanted to thank you for organising such a well planned and enjoyable lunch on Saturday. The catering was excellent and the staff very helpful.

 We were reminiscing about our student lunches at Teviot (a very long time ago) and enjoyed being to be able to see the refurbishment. As usual, we chatted to some very interesting people.