Meeting termly, this Group ensures the provision delivered by the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI) meets the needs of, and is aligned with, the strategic direction of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø academic departments and their Early Career Researchers (ECRs). This is a direct opportunity for departments, centres and ECRs to provide feedback on any aspect of ECRI provision.
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Terms of Reference
- To consider what learning, development and support ECRI should deliver to meet the needs of departments and their ECRs.
- To consider advice and good practice from Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) and Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs) and other Landscape.
Membership
For the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI)
| Deputy Director (Academic) of ECRI | Professor Jennifer Quint |
| Deputy Director (Academic) of ECRI | Professor Vahid Shahrezaei |
| Associate Director (Early Career Researcher Development) [Chair] | Dr Liz Elvidge |
| Associate Director (Strategy and Operations) [Secretary] | Chris Harris |
| Principal Teaching Fellow (Head of Pedagogy) | Dr Magdalena Jara |
| ECRI Project Manager [Secretary] | Jenna Collinson |
The following members to be appointed for a maximum period of three years.
2 x Directors of Postgraduate Studies (DPS) and/or Directors of Research (DR) from each Faculty:
| The Business School | Professor Alex Michaelides |
| Faculty of Engineering | |
| Chemical Engineering (DPS) | Professor Cleo Kontoravdi |
| Dyson School of Design (DR) | Dr Billy Wu |
| Faculty of Medicine | |
| Medicine (DPS) | Professor Kevin Murphy |
| Surgery & Cancer (DPS) | Professor James Flanagan |
| Faculty of Natural Sciences | |
| Mathematics (DR) | Professor Mauricio Barahona |
| Life Sciences (DPS) | Professor Tony Southall |
| Non-Faculty | |
| Centre for Higher Education Research & Scholarship (CHERS) (DPS) | Kate Ippolito |
| Centre for Languages, Culture & Communication (CLCC) (DPS) | Dr Felicity Mellor |
| Heads of Schools of Convergence | |
| Human and Artificial Intelligence | Professor Payam Barnaghi |
| Health, MedTech and Robotics | tbc |
| Climate, Energy and Sustainability | Professor Mirabelle Muuls |
| Space, Security and Telecommunications | Professor Jonathan Eastwood |
| 2x Directors of CDTs/DTPs/ Landscape Award Director | |
| Director of the MRC DTP | Professor Laki Buluwela |
| Associate Dean (EDI) (Life Sciences) | Professor Bernadette Byrne |
| Director of the Clinical Academic Training Office | Professor Jeremy Levy |
| 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College Union (ICU) President (Education) | Emina Hogas |
| PGR Academic and Welfare Officers | |
| Business | Reza Belbasi |
| Natural Sciences | Hengchang Cao |
| Medicine | Ruksana Begum-Meades |
| Engineering | Ansuman Panda |
| Postdoc and Fellows Rep Network Chair | Dr Anna Seabourne |
| 1x Postdoc/Fellow from each of the Faculties | |
| Business | Dr Mario Martinez-Jimenez |
| Natural Sciences | Dr Miguel Paez Perez |
| Medicine | Dr Beatriz Fernandez Ruiz |
| Engineering | Dr Ovidiu Serban |
| Clinical Research Fellow | Dr Sheba Jarvis |
| Postdoc and Fellows Champions, one for each faculty | |
| Business | Dr Mush Harutyunyan |
| Natural Sciences | Professor Nick Brooks |
| Medicine | Professor Clare Lloyd |
| Engineering | Dr Stella Pedrazzini |
| In attendance | |
| Director of ECRI | Professor George Constantinides |
| Professor Vahid Shahrezaei |
Meeting dates and deadlines
| Meeting dates (Academic year 2025/26) | Agenda items submission deadlines |
|---|---|
| 9 October 2025 – 2-4pm | 26 September 2025 |
| 12 February 2026 – 2-4pm | 30 January 2026 |
| 11 June 2026 - 2-4pm | 29 May 2026 |