Meeting termly and reporting to the Innovation, Identification and Monitoring Group, 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 Imperial 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
- To make recommendations to the Innovation, Identification and Monitoring Group.
Membership
For the Early Career Researcher Institute (ECRI)
| Deputy Director (Academic) of ECRI [Chair] | Professor Jennifer Quint |
| Deputy Director (Academic) of ECRI | Professor Vahid Shahrezaei |
| Associate Director (Early Career Researcher Development) | Dr Liz Elvidge |
| Associate Director (Strategy and Operations) [Secretary] | Laura Lane |
| Principal Teaching Fellow (Head of Pedagogy) | Dr Magdalena Jara |
| ECRI Coordinator [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 Charlotte Bevan |
| Faculty of Natural Sciences | |
| Mathematics (DR) | Professor Mauricio Barahona |
| Life Sciences (DPS) | Professor David Mann |
| Non-Faculty | |
| Centre for Higher Education Research & Scholarship (CLCC) (DPS) | Kate Ippolito |
| Centre for Languages, Culture & Communication (CHERS) (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 | tbc |
| 2x Directors of CDTs/DTPs/ Landscape Award Director | |
| Director of the MRC DTP | Professor Laki Buluwela |
| Director of the BBSRC DTP | Professor Bernadette Byrne |
| Director of the Clinical Academic Training Office | Professor Jeremy Levy |
| Imperial 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 | tbc |
| Natural Sciences | Dr Miguel Paez Perez |
| Medicine | Dr Nadia Soliman |
| Engineering | Dr Ovidiu Serban |
| 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 |
| Deputy Directors (Academic) of ECRI | Professor Jenni Quint |
| Professor Vahid Shahrezaei |
Meeting dates and deadlines
| Meeting dates (Academic year 2024/25) | Agenda items submission deadlines |
|---|---|
| 12 May 2025 – 10.00-12.00 | 28 April 2025 |
| 03 July 2025 – 14.00-15.30 | 19 June 2025 |