Meet your Student Reps

WMS PGR student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC)

The Staff Student Liaison Committee – or SSLC – is a committee made up of student representatives
(“SSLC Reps”) and members of staff (“Academic Convenors”).
They provide a forum for students and staff to openly raise issues, bring and discuss ideas, and solve problems relating to the PGR student experience.
The SSLC allows students to have a say on their training, department, and resources.
It also provides an opportunity for the department to consult with students and receive feedback on
new or amended initiatives.

Feel free to contact your SSLC team on their individual email addresses, via the SSLC email

sslc.wmspgr@warwick.ac.uk

or submit your query via the form here (anonymously if you prefer).

Meet the SSLC Team

Matthew Randell

Contact: Matthew.j.randell@warwick.ac.uk

Research area: Ethical implications of screening for type 1 diabetes in childhood

Nina Pucekova (Chair)

Contact: Nina.Pucekova@warwick.ac.uk

Research area: From nuclear pores to kinetochores: non-canonical roles of nucleoporins in mitosis

Megan Vickers

Contact: Megan.Vickers@warwick.ac.uk

Research area: Development of a human embryonic stem cell derived uterine model to study the myometrial junctional zone

Juliet Chen

Contact: juliet.chen@warwick.ac.uk

Research area: Mechanical processes underpinning self-organisation in organoids

Usoro Akpan

Contact: Usoro.Akpan@warwick.ac.uk

Research area: The role of school connectedness on the mental health of young people from minority ethnic groups in the UK. A mixed methods study

Abdulaziz Alrubayyi

Contact: Abdulaziz.Alrubayyi@warwick.ac.uk

Research area: Navigating the future of prehospital emergency care: the impact and value of point-of-care testing integrated with clinical decision support system in cardiovascular emergencies

How do I become an SSLC rep?

At Induction : We will ask for expressions of interest for SSLC Reps during induction. We hope that our SSLC Reps will include part- and full-time students, remote students, students from all cohorts, and both home and international students. In case of abundant interest in the committee, an anonymous student election may be introduced

Anytime: please contact us at sslc.wmspgr@warwick.ac.uk or you can also contact Dr Saran Shantikumar who is our PGR SSLC convenor

Saran can be contacted at Saran.Shantikumar@warwick.ac.uk

What are the expectations?

As an SSLC Rep, you will be representing the best interests of your peers to ultimately improve the PGR student experience.
This will involve checking in with students regularly to identify concerns, keeping an eye on existing avenues of feedback (e.g. Unitu), and being available to be contacted if a colleague has an issue they wish to be raised.
The role lasts for one academic year, but students can stay on for longer if they wish to.
We appreciate that you will not necessarily be available to attend all meetings so apologies can be made where needed.

SSLC meetings

SSLC meetings take place once a month and are led by the Academic Convenor and the SSLC Student Chair.
The Academic Convenor for WMS PGR students is Saran Shantikumar.
SSLC Reps and other members of staff are invited to attend. Following SSLC meetings, members of the SSLC will take necessary actions to address any discussed issues.
Note that SSLC meetings are not the forum to raise issues about individual members of staff. These should be raised with the PGR Director (Professor Claire Bastie).