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PGR Supervision Working & Advisory Group

Membership 2024-25

 

Chair

Gavin Schwartz-Leeper (Deputy Dean and Faculty Senior Tutor (SEM))

Secretary

Stella Neophytou (PGR Development Officer, Doctoral College)

Members

Daniel Branch (Academic Director, Doctoral College)

Jennifer Burns (Professor, Modern Languages)

Daniel Franklin (Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed), Life Sciences)

Sara Hattersley (Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed), Academic Development)

Jagjeet Jutley-Neilson (Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed)/Director of Student Experience, Psychology)

Natasha Khovanova (Professor/Director of Graduate Studies, Engineering)

Rhiannon Martyn (Head of the Doctoral College)

Jennie Mills (Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed), Academic Development)

Davide Nicolini (Professor/Associate Professor (Reader), WBS)

Michele Underwood (Research Development Manager, Doctoral College)

Postgraduate Researchers

Irsa Ajmal (Warwick Business School)

Josh Davies (Chemistry)

Betty Fekade (Life Sciences)

Jim Kelly (Theatre and Performance Studies)

Ilaria Ravazzolo (Global Sustainable Development)

Terms of Reference

Purpose: Define, inform and monitor provision for sector-leading training, development and support relating to PGR supervision and pastoral support.

To recommend: Inclusive and equitable practices, policies, and processes to ensure all supervisors are supported to meet diverse PGR student needs, and to ensure a consistently high standard of the Warwick PGR supervision experience.

To receive: Reports and recommendations from related sources of expertise as they pertain to supervision processes and practices (including institutional working groups, PGR support groups, and Faculty Education and Research Committees); local and institutional-level data relating to supervision and PGR pastoral care; supervision-related training plans; information on sector best practices from relevant institutional groups and experts.

To report: Progress towards the PGR strategy in respect of the quality of supervision.


Reporting Structure

PGR-SuperWAG reports to the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee.


Secretariat

Secretary: Stella Neophytou. Please forward correspondence to PRSubcommittee@warwick.ac.uk. 


Meetings

2024-25

  • 12th November 2024, 11:00-12:30 (Microsoft Teams)

  • 4th February 2025, 11:00-12:30 (Microsoft Teams)
  • 2nd June 2025, 10:00-11:30 (Microsoft Teams)

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