Professor Alison Snape

Professor Alison Snape is one of the elected Senate representatives on Council appointed in June 2025. Professor Snape is currently the Head of the School of Biological Sciences. 

Professor Snape studied genetics as an undergraduate and then undertook her PhD and postdoctoral research in the field of embryonic development, working in the University of London, the US National Institutes of Health, and the UK National Institute for Medical Research. Before moving to the University of Leicester in 2022, she worked for 25 years at King’s College London where she held several education leadership roles within the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. She has a particular interest in supporting first year students in their transition to university, using methods that encourage students to think, ask questions and support each other in their learning. She is also one of the co-authors of two textbooks, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Biological Sciences: Exploring the Science of Life both published by Oxford University Press.