Editing University of Stirling (section)

====University Court====

The university's governing body is the [[University Court]]. It has overall responsibility for the management of the university's resources, the ongoing strategic direction of the university and the approval of major developments. The Court meets four times over the course of the academic year. In May 2015 the university appointed Fiona Sandford as Chair of Court, taking up the post on 1 August 2015, for a period of four years.<ref name="Fiona Sanford">{{cite press release |url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2015/05/new-chair-of-court-appointed/ |title=New Chair of Court appointed |publisher=University of Stirling |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=8 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120244/https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2015/05/new-chair-of-court-appointed/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She succeeded Alan Simpson who was chair from 2007 to 2015.