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PGR Scholarships Working & Advisory Group

Membership 2024-25

 

Chair

Deputy Chair

David Leadley (Deputy-Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research)

Daniel Branch (Academic Director of Graduate Studies)

Secretary Rebecca Vipond (CDT & PGR Scholarships Manager, Doctoral College)
Members

Alan Ashton-Smith (Research Strategy & Development Manager - Arts, R&IS)

Nicola Attridge (PGR Finance Manager, Doctoral College)

Kelly Chennery (BBSRC MIBTP Manager, SLS)

Jon Coaffee (ESRC Midlands Graduate School Director)

Sarah Holcroft (Research Strategy & Development Manager - SEM, R&IS)

Andrea Howard (Research Strategy & Development Manager - SEM, R&IS)

Sharon Howard (Department of Computer Science Postgraduate Research Manager)

James Kermode (EPSRC Hetsys Director, Engineering)

Natasha Khovanova (Director of Graduate Studies, Engineering)

Tomomi Kimura (Research Strategy & Development Manager - SEM, R&IS)

Harbeena Lalli (Research Strategy & Development Manager, Social Sciences)

David Lambert (AHRC Midlands4Cities DTP & CADRE Site Director)

Jonathan Millar (MRC DTP in IBR Director, WMS)

Lisa Millard (AHRC Midlands4Cities DTP & CADRE Doctoral Programme Manager, Doctoral College)

Vardis Ntoukakis (BBSRC MIBTP Director, SLS)

Ashleigh Skelhorn-French (ESRC Midlands Graduate School Consortium Manager, Doctoral College)

Postgraduate Researchers

Lara Barzon (Arts Faculty PGR representative)

In Attendance

Louise Sutcliffe (PGR Scholarships Officer, Doctoral College)

Rhiannon Martyn (Head of the Doctoral College)

Aysa Ozcan (PGR Development officer - EDI, Doctoral College)

Andrew Lake (Management Accountant, Doctoral College)

Rebekah Luck-Owen (PG Admissions Officer, Admissions)

Vicky Strudwick (Head of Research Culture Partnerships, IAS)

Kate Whiston (International Partnerships Manager, ISR)

Terms of Reference

Purpose: to oversee the implementation and management of all PGR scholarships and funding at Warwick, including Doctoral College managed PGR scholarships, UKRI training grants, Department PGR Scholarships and any other PGR scholarships.

To recommend strategy for internal and external PGR Funding to the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee of Senate.

To receive financial reports relating to PGR funding; reports from scholarship task and finish groups (admin, assessment, internships etc).

To report opportunities and risks relating to PGR funding.


Reporting Structure

PGR-SWAG reports to the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee.


Secretariat

Secretary: Rebecca Vipond. Please forward correspondence to PRSubcommittee@warwick.ac.uk.


Meetings

2024-25

  • 07 October 2024, 11:00 - 13:00 (Microsoft Teams)

  • 22 January 2025, 13:00 - 15:00 (Microsoft Teams)
  • 02 April 2025, 11:00 - 13:00 (Microsoft Teams)
  • 10 July 2025, 13:00 - 15:00 (CMR 1.0) - open meeting

See CDT Management Committee for minutes of 2020-2024 meetings.

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