Image: Professor Andrea Siodmok
The Glasgow School of Art announces the appointment of three new members to its’ Board of Governors today, January 19th 2024. Professor Stephen Hodder is an award winning architect with 30 years’ experience in practice, Professor Adrienne Scullion is Head of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University and a member of the governing body of Edinburgh Napier University, and Professor Andrea Siodmok holds a Masters in Public Policy from the London School of Economics and is currently Dean in the School of Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. .
“We are delighted to welcome these new board members to the GSA, the expertise and knowledge they bring will further broaden and enhance the strength of our Board of Directors”, says Professor Penny Macbeth. “Their appointment reflects the reputation of The Glasgow School of Art as a global leader in creative education and research, and will positively enhance the delivery of our strategic aims for 2022-2027 and our next stages of growth.”
“It is a pleasure to welcome these new appointments to our Board of Governors, who bring with them such a varied range of skills and extensive expertise” says Ann Priest, Chair of the Board of Governors, “I look forward to working alongside our new members to support the School in its commitment to the future, ensuring that the GSA continues to be an amazing and inspirational place for its students, staff and partners.”
“I am very much looking forward to working with colleagues, students and other stakeholders to support and champion The Glasgow School of Art as one of the pillars of the cultural and educational life of the nation, an international beacon for great art practice and education, and a source of pride for the people of Glasgow.”
Professor Adrienne Scullion
“I am delighted to have been appointed as an Independent Governor to The Glasgow School of Art. The School is recognised both nationally and internationally as one of the foremost art and design schools and I am indeed honoured to have the opportunity to contribute to the Board, and support the Chair, Ann Priest, the Director, Professor Penny Macbeth, staff and students alike at what must be a pivotal and exciting point in its history. I am particularly looking forward to engaging with the estates strategy and the regeneration of Mackintosh’s masterwork.”
Professor Stephen Hodder.
“I am delighted to have been appointed to The Glasgow School of Art Board of Governors, and I look forward to working with the staff and students in the School in the coming years as they create inspirational impact in the world. Over the years I have seen how the GSA has furthered art, design and architecture research and teaching as a world-renowned institution. I am committed to advocating for the role of cultural and creative practices in shaping a positive, vibrant and regenerative future, both in Scotland and beyond.”
Professor Andrea Siodmok.
A full list of current members of The Glasgow School of Art Board of Governors can be viewed on the GSA website HERE.
BIOGRAPHIES
Professor Stephen Hodder BA (Hons), BArch (Dist), DArts, PPRIBA, HonAIA, FRSA.
Professor Stephen Hodder has been in practice since 1983 (joining the RIBA in 1982) and in 1992 formed Hodder Associates which won the Royal Fine Art Commission/ Sunday Times Building of the Year Award for Colne Swimming Pool in Lancashire later that year. In 1996 Hodder Associates, now Hodder+Partners, received the most important award in British Architecture for a single building, the inaugural RIBA Stirling Prize for Architecture for the Centenary Building, University of Salford. The Practice has now won over sixty major awards, including seventeen awards for the Welcome Building at RHS Garden Bridgewater.
Stephen was awarded an MBE for services to architecture in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 1998, received an honorary doctorate in 2006 from the Manchester Metropolitan University for his regional, national and international contribution to architecture and an honorary fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire in 2013. He was RIBA President 2013-15, having previously been Vice President Membership, Nations and Regions and Chair of the Construction Industry Council 2019-2021, and is currently Professor of Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture. In 2023, Stephen received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Manchester Society of Architects.
Professor Adrienne Scullion is part of the senior management team at the Open University, where she is Head of Arts and Social Sciences, having previously been the Pro Vice Chancellor for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, and Dean of Research for the Arts and James Arnott Chair in Drama at the University of Glasgow. Adrienne began her academic career as a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and as British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at Glasgow. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is a member of the Council, and chair of the Advisory Board, of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. For Advance HE she is a member (and chair) of the Aurora Advisory Group, member of the Governance Strategic Advisory Group and an Athena Swan Panel Chair. Adrienne has also been a director of several education and arts-sector boards, including serving as a member, and vice chair, of the governing body of Edinburgh Napier University, as chair of the Citizens’ Theatre Glasgow and as trustee of the National Library of Scotland.
Professor Andrea Siodmok, OBE, FRSA is a British industrial designer and multi-award-winning social innovator. Formerly Chief Design Officer at the UK Design Council and Chief Impact Officer at the Royal Society of Arts, she is currently Professor and Dean of the School of Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Prior to this she was the founder and Head of the Cabinet Office’s Policy Innovation Unit in the UK Government and Design Director at the Connected Places Catapult. Andrea has been a board member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) as well as a member of the European Commission’s Design Leadership Board.
With a PhD in Virtual Reality from Northumbria University and a Masters in Public Policy from the London School of Economics, she is a regular speaker and writer on new technologies, innovation and design. She has held a science and policy fellowship at the University of Cambridge and supported the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Finance, Management and Reform in New York to develop a design-led approach to corporate capability. Andrea has overseen research funding for the AHRC & EPSRC and been an advisor and board member for various regional growth programmes. She is currently a member of the 1851 Royal Commission Committee, States of Change Faculty and visiting Professor for Impact at Northumbria University.
Notes for Editors
The Board of Governors of The Glasgow School of Art consists of a total membership of not less than 18 and not more than 25 members. The composition of the Board of Governors comprises the Chair of the Board, independent governors, staff governors, student governors, and Trade Union governors. The Director of the GSA is a governor ex officio. Independent Governors are normally appointed for a period of three years and may then be re-appointed for up to two further terms, each of which may last for up to three years.