Early Career Researchers (ECR) Committee

The committee consists of:

I. Advisor for Early Career Researchers (North and South Wing), ex officio;

II. Early Career Researcher representatives on departmental and MPLS committees, ex officio;

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

IV. Early Career Researchers: one to five members, appointed for a two-year term, one of whom shall be appointed as the Early Career Researcher Co-Chair.  The Early Career Researcher co-chair will also serve as the Early Career Researcher 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 Early Career Researchers, and reviewing, extending and implementing relevant sections of the Athena SWAN and Race Equality Action Plans.

Membership will be drawn from Early Career Researchers . 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