About the Deputy President and Registrar

Professor Becky Whay is interim Deputy President and Registrar of Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway. She is a member of the University Management Team and Academic Council and she deputises for the President in his absence. In her role Becky has overarching responsibility for academic strategy, academic promotions, and academic quality. She chairs the University’s Teaching and Learning Committee, the Academic Promotions Committee, the Quality Enhancement Committee and a range of other committees in the University. Externally, she is a member of the Senate of the NUI and the Board of the Central Applications Office (CAO) and the Irish Universities Association (IUA) Registrar Group.

Becky is originally from the county of Norfolk in England and is a lifelong Norwich City Football Club supporter. She also has strong Welsh connections through her mother’s family. She holds a PhD in Veterinary Science from the University of Bristol, with her research is focussed on sustainable production and working animal welfare and how this interacts with one health concepts and equitable global food systems.

Previously at the University of Bristol, Becky joined the University of Galway in 2019 to take up the role of Vice President International. As Vice President International she has established Global Galway to articulate and support our ambitious internationalisation plans and has led our on-going International Strategy. She has driven University of Galway’s participation in our European University Network – ENLIGHT and the establishment and growth of the English Language Centre within our University.

She was the inaugural President of the International Society for the Study of Lameness in Ruminants and has Chaired the Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Veterinary Association. In 2015, she was recipient of the CEVA Farm Animal Welfare of the Year award.