PGR Recruitment and Scholarships Advisory Group

Membership 2026-27
Chair	Adam Child (Academic Registrar)
Secretary	Nicola Ellis-Thomas (PGR Scholarships Officer, Doctoral College)
Members	Anne Gerritsen (Arts Scholarship Management Group Chair) Chris Moran (Social Sciences Scholarship Management Group Co-Chair) Leda Mirbahai (SEM Scholarships Management Group Chair) Andrea Howard (Research Strategy Manager) Stephen Grice (Admissions Manager) Rebekah Luck-Owen (PG Admissions Officer) Student Recruitment Representative (TBA) Emilie Day (Postgraduate Programmes Administrative Officer) Caroline Lough (Finance Manager, AW Budget) Jacob Jones (Finance Manager, UKRI Training Grants) Vardis Ntoukakis (BBSRC MIBTP Director) Louise Sutcliffe (ESRC Consortium Manager) Rebecca Vipond (CDT & PGR Scholarships Manager) Lisa Millard (Doctoral Training Manager) Giovanni Radaelli (Director, Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)) Philanthropy Representative (TBA)
Postgraduate Researchers	Alice (Nok Hang) Hui (Social Sciences)
In Attendance	Rhiannon Martyn (Head of the Doctoral College) Susan Black (PGR Scholarship Coordinator, Doctoral College) Neeha Labba (Management Accountant, Doctoral College) 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), faculty Scholarship Management Groups and Centres of Doctoral Training.

To report opportunities and risks relating to PGR funding.

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Reporting Structure

PGR-RSAG reports to the Postgraduate Research Subcommittee.

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Secretariat

Secretary: Nicola Ellis-Thomas. Please forward correspondence to PRSubcommittee@warwick.ac.uk.

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Meetings

2026-27

2025-26

• 6 November 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Microsoft Teams) Agenda | Minutes
• 12 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 (Microsoft Teams) Agenda | Minutes
• 5 May 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 (Microsoft Teams) Agenda
• 9 July 2026, 10:00 - 12:00 (JX2.02) - open meeting

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 | Minutes

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