PGR Scholarships Working & Advisory Group

Membership 2025-26
Chair	Adam Child (Academic Registrar)
Secretary	Rebecca Vipond (CDT & PGR Scholarships Manager, Doctoral College)
Members	Nicola Attridge (PGR Finance Manager, Doctoral College) Andrea Howard (Research Strategy Manager, R&IS) Emilie Day (Postgraduate Programmes Administrative Officer, Chemistry) James Kermode (EPSRC Hetsys Director, Engineering) Vardis Ntoukakis (BBSRC MIBTP Director, SLS) Leda Mirbahai (SEM Scholarships Management Group Chair) David Lambert (AHRC M4C Director & Arts Scholarship Management Group Chair) Kay Jones (Doctoral Training Manager, Faculty of Arts) Ashleigh Skelhorn-French (ESRC Consortium Manager, Doctoral College) Chris Moran (Social Sciences Scholarship Management Group Co-Chair)
Postgraduate Researchers	TBC
In Attendance	Rhiannon Martyn (Head of the Doctoral College) Susan Black (PGR Scholarship Coordinator, Doctoral College) Louise Sutcliffe (PGR Scholarships Officer, Doctoral College) Neeha Labba (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.

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Reporting Structure

PGR-SWAG reports to the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee.

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Secretariat

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

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Meetings

2025-26

• 6 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Microsoft Teams)
• 12 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 (Microsoft Teams)
• 5 May 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 (Microsoft Teams)
• 9 July 2026, 10:00 - 12:00 (TBC)

2024-25

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

• 22 January 2025, 13:00 - 15:00 (Microsoft Teams) Agenda | Minutes

• 02 April 2025, 12:00 - 14:00 (Microsoft Teams) Agenda | Minutes
• 10 July 2025, 13:00 - 15:00 (CMR 1.0) - open meeting Agenda

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