Professor Craig Mahoney
Professor Craig Mahoney has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) since 2013. Previous roles include CEO at the Higher Education Academy and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Northumbria University. A dynamic public advocate of higher education, Craig has a keen interest in differentiated student-centred pedagogy, research-informed teaching, e-learning, technology to support teaching, widespread use of open educational resources, teaching excellence, and global engagement. He is a passionate supporter of equality, diversity and inclusion and has developed and supported many initiatives and programmes for change at UWS since 2013.
A chartered psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Craig has been an internationally recognised performance psychologist for more than 30 years
Current connections with HE institutions (other than employment):
Daughter working at Leeds Beckett University, son studying at Wolverhampton University, daughter studying at Cardiff University.
Connections with professional and subject-based bodies:
Fellow RSA, Fellow BASES, Associate Fellow BPS, Fellow IoD.
Connections with other bodies:
Board member for Sportscotland, Board member for Glasgow City of Sciences, Trustee on the Carnegie Trust for Universities of Scotland, Convener Universities Scotland Efficiency and Effectiveness Committee, Chair of British Universities and Colleges Sport, Board member of Converge Challenge.