Early Career Researchers (ECR) Committee

The committee consists of:

I. Advisor for Early Career Researchers (North and South Wing), ex officio, one of whom will act as faculty Co-Chair;

II. Postdoctoral researcher representatives on departmental and MPLS committees, ex officio;

III. Organisers of the North-South Colloquia and Happy Hour ECR representatives, ex officio;

IV. Postdoctoral researchers and researchers in the first five years of a permanent appointment: one to five members, appointed for a two-year term, one of whom shall be appointed as the postdoctoral Co-Chair.  The postdoctoral co-chair will also serve as the postdoc rep on the Department’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

V. Fridays@4 Organiser, ex officio;

VI. Deputy Head of Administration and Finance, ex officio;  

The committee will focus on the areas of relevance to ECRs in the remit of the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, notably the department’s working environment for postdoctoral researchers, and reviewing, extending and implementing relevant sections of the Athena SWAN and Race Equality Action Plans.

Membership will be drawn from postdoctoral researchers and researchers in the first five years of a permanent appointment. At any one time it should represent a wide spread of research groups across the department and have a gender mix.

The secretariat shall be provided by the secretary to the HR Team. The Committee reports to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and meets termly (10:30am, Thursday of week 3).

Membership