The MASTS Directorate is responsible for the day to day operation of MASTS and is led by a small team based at the University of St Andrews consisting of an Executive Director (Prof David Paterson), Operations Director (Dr Mark James) & Programme Co-ordinator & Dean of Grad School (Dr Emma Defew). To contact the Directorate, please email MASTS.
Assisting the Directorate are:
Hannah Ladd-Jones – MASTS Research Capacity Building Manager
Tanya Harkins – MASTS Finance Co-ordinator
Bethan Anetts – MASTS and SUPER Graduate School Officer
Julia Sutherland – MASTS-SUPER: Programme Support Officer
MASTS is overseen by the Governing Council (GC). The GC meets 2-3 times per year and is chaired by Prof Nick Fyfe of Robert Gordon University, and has the following representatives:
The MASTS Executive Committee (EC) meets 3 or 4 times per year and is populated by a representative of each of the institutional partners, the Theme Leaders (in an ex-officio capacity), and is chaired by the Executive Director (Prof David Paterson).
The EC has the following representatives:
The MASTS Advisory Committee (AC) takes an active role in guiding the development of MASTS and meets twice a year.
The AC is chaired by Tracy Shimmield and has the following representatives:
The Charitable Company of MASTS is known as MAST-Scotland, it is overseen by five Board of Trustee members:
We’re working behind the scenes to bring you a suite of useful, and updateable, resources including:
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