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Geoffrey Davies was a Principal Lecturer in Journalism and Joint International Director for the School of Media, Arts and Design. He joined the University of Westminster on staff teaching journalism and television in 2002.

After Oxford University he trained with the Thomson Organisation in Newcastle on The Journal daily newspaper and then moved to broadcast journalism with Thames News, working as producer. After a brief spell in children’s television he was the original producer of Frost on Sunday at TV-am, a format that ran on several channels for the next 21 years. Moving to cable television he worked for Music Box (a British precursor of MTV), becoming Head of Production for the company, later working at BSB directing live studio for business television.

In his freelance career Geoffrey has worked at ITN (now ITV News) as a producer, as a business manager in a broadcast television services company, made corporate videos, conducted media training and marketed satellite delivery services to business, as well as writing about the industry and technology for national and trade press. Immediately before working at Westminster as a visiting lecturer, he was at the BBC at the start of what became BBC Three.

Formerly an External Examiner for media courses at Singapore Polytechnic, he has been a judge for the RTS News Awards and has chaired the Multimedia panel. He has recently re-joined the committee of The Media Society, on which he sat for several years from 2008.

Between 2008 and 2015, he was the Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, until the School was restructured. Between September 2015 and December 2016 he spent a semester teaching in each of Beijing and Hong Kong. In May 2017 he was elected by colleagues as the Teaching Staff Representative on the University Court of Governors. Davies left the University in January 2021 to take up a teaching post in China.

Dr Maud Tyler was former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Provost of Harrow and Provost of Cavendish.

Maud Tyler first joined PCL in September 1971 as a Senior Lecturer in Italian.
In 1979 she was promoted to Principal Lecturer and Course Leader in BA Languages, becoming Dean of the Faculty of Languages 6 years later. In August 1989 Tyler was appointed Dean of new Faculty of Law, Languages and Commerce.
In January 1995 Tyler moved to the new role of Provost at Harrow, overseeing the building project on this site which was completed in October 1995. Two years later she was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor.
In Jan 2002 Tyler was appointed as Project Director of Cavendish redevelopment, plans for which were unveiled in the Summer 2001. Two years later, in August 2003, she became Cavendish Provost.
From 1st September 2006 to 31st October 2006 Tyler was acting Provost of Harrow.
On 31st December 2006 Maud Tyler retired after 35 years at the University.
Maud Tyler passed away in August 2019.
In September 2020 the University launched the Dr Maud Tyler Final Care Leaver Scholarship to provide maintenance grants to five deserving care leavers over the next two academic years. Dedicating her life to the development of the University, Tyler was committed to giving students from all backgrounds an equal chance at reaching their true potential, and care leavers were an important part of this. The scholarship was set up in her memory to continue to support students and to allow her work to have a prolonged impact on those who were unable to experience her positive presence at the University. In March 2023, the University announced that following a further generous donation of £36,000 from the family of Dr Maud Tyler, the scholarship has been extended to provide maintenance grants to six deserving care leavers entering their final academic year in September 2023, 2024 and 2025.