At its meeting on 20 May 2010, Council approved the appointment of Heads of Department with effect from 1 August 2010 as follows:
Faculty of Engineering & Design
- Architecture & Civil Engineering – Professor Tim Ibell (till 31 July 2013)
- Chemical Engineering – Professor Julian Chaudhuri (till 31 July 2013)
- Electronic & Electrical Engineering – Professor Nick Mitchell (till 31 July 2013)
- Mechanical Engineering – Professor Paul Maropoulos (till 31 July 2013)
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Economics – Professor Chris Martin (till 31 July 2012)
- Education – Dr Stephen Gough (till 31 July 2013)
- European Studies & Modern Languages – Professor Richard Whitman (till 31 July 2013)
- Health – Professor Ken Judge (till 31 July 2012)
- Psychology – Professor Bas Verplanken (till 31 July 2013)
- Social & Policy Sciences – Professor Linda Bauld (till 31 July 2013)
Faculty of Science
- Biology & Biochemistry – Dr Richard Hooley (till 31 July 2013)
- Chemistry – Professor Gareth Price (till 31 July 2013)
- Computer Science – Professor Phil Willis (till 31 July 2013)
- Mathematical Sciences – Professor Julian Faraway (till 31 July 2012)
- Pharmacy & Pharmacology – Professor Rex Tyrrell (till 31 July 2013)
- Physics – Professor Jonathan Knight (till 31 July 2013)