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Three senior University of Glasgow academics have been appointed to UK Research and Innovation Councils.

In all, the Board of UK Research and Innovation has appointed members to five Councils: Art and Humanities Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Innovate UK, Medical Research Council and Science and Technology Facilities Council. These appointments were recommended to the UKRI Board by the Executive Chair of each Council.

The Councils will be responsible for advising and making decisions, as delegated to it by the UK Research and Innovation Board, on scientific, research and innovation matters. These responsibilities will include:

• the leadership of their discipline area or fields of activity, including the prioritisation of budgets within their delegated remits and the development of delivery plans; 
• ensuring the future of skilled specialists, researchers, scientists and others essential to the sustainability of the UK’s research and innovation capacity; 
• engaging with their community to develop ideas, raise awareness and disseminate strategic outputs; and
• encouraging and facilitating collaborative work across the nine UKRI Councils to foster strategic relationships. 

The members announced today reflect the diversity of communities that they represent including higher education, industry, policy and civil society.

University of Glasgow

• The Arts and Humanities Research Council - Professor Fiona Macpherson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
• The Medical Research Council - Professor Jill Pell, Director of Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
• The Science and Technology Facilities Council Professor Sheila Rowan, Director, Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow

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First published: 26 March 2018