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Research and Teaching Staff Forum

Remit

The Research and Teaching Staff Forum was established in October 2012 from the previous Research Staff Forum (which was for research-only staff) by inviting representatives from the University’s Teaching Fellow cohort to join.

Draft Remit of the Research and Teaching Staff Forum

• Explore key local, national and international issues relating to research and teaching staff

• Encourage discussion of such issues to take place among key University staff

• Influence St Andrews policy and practice and help to improve the research and teaching experience at St Andrews

• Allow networking among researchers and teaching fellows from different areas of the University

• Engage proactively in the ongoing work to maintain and develop the HR Excellence and Athena Swan Awards

• Ensure career and skills development for research and teaching staff are given a high priority in the staff development agenda at St Andrews

The Forum meets twice a year in November and March.

The next meeting is on Tuesday 13 November 2012 at 2.30 pm.

Role of Representative

Members are responsible for canvassing opinion amongst their colleagues in Schools and in their networks.  Any issues or concerns should be raised at the Forum or emailed to the appropriate person on the Forum if necessary.

Members are also responsible for communicating information on the discussions and recommendations of the Forum to their colleagues.

Research staff representatives are entitled to attend their School Councils.  Every School has access to CAPOD funding to support networking and professional development activities for research staff.

Teaching Fellow representatives also have access to a fund through CAPOD to support networking and professional development activities for their Teaching Fellow constituency.

Membership

The Forum is chaired by the Deputy Principal, Professor Chris Hawkesworth.

A school can have a research-only representative and a Principal Investigator on the Forum if it has more than 3 research staff.

The Forum has 2 or 3 Teaching Fellow representatives from the cohort of Teaching Fellows employed across the University.  CAPOD is supporting the establishment of a Teaching Fellow Network which will enable representatives to consult with their colleagues in other Schools.  A small budget is available from CAPOD to support this network.

The full list of current members is available below: 

• Professor Chris Hawkesworth, Deputy Principal (Chair)
• Louise Milne, Human Resources Officer
  
• Jos Finer, CAPOD  
• Ben Carter, Careers Advisor
• Sukhi Bains, Equality & Diversity Officer
• Dr Chris Hooley, School of Physics and Astronomy & UCU representative
  

Research Staff

Schools	Representatives
School of Biology	Dr Uli Schwarz-Linek (PI) Dr Rebecca Aspden (RS rep)
School of Chemistry	Dr Nick Westwood (PI) Dr Tracey Gloster (RS rep)
School of Computer Science	Professor Saleem Bhatti (PI) Dr Stuart Purdie (RS Rep)
School of Geography & Geosciences	Dr Yit Arn Teh (PI) Dr Pauline McLoughlin  (RS rep) Mr Stephan Koeppe (RS Rep)
School of History	Dr John Clark (PI) Dr Heidi Mehrkens (RS rep)
School of Management	Professor Sandra Nutley (PI) Ms Rhona McLaren (RS Rep)
School of Mathematics & Statistics	Dr Len Thomas (PI) Dr Monique Mackenzie (PI) Dr Louise Burt (RS Rep)
School of Medicine	Dr Gordon Cramb (PI)  Vacant (RS Rep)
School of Physics & Astronomy	Dr G Smith (PI) Dr Duncan Robertson (RS rep) Dr Rim Fares (RS Rep)
School of Psychology	Dr Paul Hibbard (PI) Dr Saima Noreen (RS Rep)

Schools without representatives :-

Art History, Classics, Economics and Finance, English, International Relations, Modern Languages, Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies.

Teaching Fellows