Welfare and Communication Group
Responsible for:
- Discussing issues and taking action to promote good working practices and equal opportunities for all staff and students in Physics.
- Ensuring appropriate representation on the committee and taking steps to address any imbalances.
- Oversight and monitoring of the Juno/Athena SWAN action plan, production of an annual report to staff and submission of Juno/Athena SWAN renewal documentation.
- Delegating representation for Physics on the University Athena SWAN network.
The membership of the Group is:
Name | Role within the Physics Department | |
Mark Newton |
Chair of Welfare and Communication Committee and Head of Department | physics.head@warwick.ac.uk |
Ahmed Abdelmotteleb |
Postgraduate Student (Athena Swan representative) | Ahmed.Abdelmotteleb@warwick.ac.uk |
Eva-Maria Ahrer |
Postgraduate Student (Wellbeing representative) | Eva-Maria.Ahrer@warwick.ac.uk |
Antoine Allard |
Research Fellow representative | Antoine.Allard@warwick.ac.uk |
Falusho Balogun |
Postgraduate Student (Ethnic Minorities representative) | Helen.Balogun@warwick.ac.uk |
Katherine Branch |
Senior Administrative Officer | K.Branch@warwick.ac.uk |
TBC | Academic staff | |
Susan Burrows | Athena/Juno representative | S.E.Burrows@warwick.ac.uk |
Vanessa Emeka-Okafor |
Postgraduate Student (Athena Swan representative) | Vanessa.Emeka-Okafor@warwick.ac.uk |
Jorge Fernandez Fernandez | Postgraduate Student (Wellbeing representative) | Jorge.Fernandez-Fernandez@warwick.ac.uk |
Mo Ghani | Postgraduate Student (Athena Swan representative) | Mo.Ghani@warwick.ac.uk |
Reza Kashtiban | Senior Research Fellow representative | R.Jalilkashtiban@warwick.ac.uk |
Helen Knight | CDT & PGT Administrative Officer and Co-Chair of Warwick’s Stonewall self-assessment team | H.J.Knight@warwick.ac.uk |
James Lloyd-Hughes | Director of Graduate Studies, Member of Postgraduate SSLC | J.Lloyd-Hughes@warwick.ac.uk |
Michael Pounds | Director of Student Experience | M.Pounds@warwick.ac.uk |
Ayesha Rahman | Office Manager/HR Administrator | a.rahman@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window |
Ria Wilson | Project Officer | R.Wilson.7@warwick.ac.uk |
Contacting the Committee
The committee meets every 3 months, and as required for award submissions. If there are any issues related to equality and fairness within the Physics Department that you would like to raise, please contact the Chair (Mark Newton) or the Senior Administrative Officer (Katherine Branch).
Minutes and meeting papers available here
This year's meeting dates
20 September 2021
13 December 2021
15 March 2022
23 May 2022
19 September 2022