PGR Supervision Working & Advisory Group

Membership 2025-26
Chair	Jonathan Hickman-Heron (Academic Director, Doctoral College)
Secretary	Stella Neophytou (PGR Development Officer, Doctoral College)
Members	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) Gavin Schwartz-Leeper (Deputy Dean and Faculty Senior Tutor (SEM)) Michele Underwood (Research Development Manager, Doctoral College)
Postgraduate Researchers	Irsa Ajmal (Warwick Business School) 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.

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Reporting Structure

PGR-SuperWAG reports to the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee.

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Secretariat

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

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Meetings

2025-26

• 4th December 2025, 10:30-12:00 (Microsoft Teams)

• 5th March 2026, 11:00-12:30 (Microsoft Teams)
• 4th June 2026, 10:00-11:30 (Microsoft Teams)