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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Erling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">===============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Professor Erling Riis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head of Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Physics,               tel: 0141-5483490<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Strathclyde University,               
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<a href="mailto:e.riis@strath.ac.uk">e.riis@strath.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Department is a partner in SUPA, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Science Enquiries
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<b>Sent:</b> 25 June 2018 12:56<br>
<b>To:</b> chemistry.hod@strath.ac.uk; Duncan Graham <duncan.graham@strath.ac.uk>; Erling Riis <e.riis@strath.ac.uk>; ma-hod <ma-hod@strath.ac.uk>; Neil Ghani <neil.ghani@strath.ac.uk>; physics-hod@strath.ac.uk; Robin Plevin <r.plevin@strath.ac.uk>; SIPBS (HOD)
 <hodsipbs@strath.ac.uk>; Tony Mulholland <anthony.mulholland@strath.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Strathclyde Doctoral School - briefing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">To: Science Head of Departments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For circulation to colleagues  in your department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please see attached a briefing document that outlines the background to and development of the
<b><i>Strathclyde Doctoral School</i></b> which will officially launch in September 2018. 
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">This information is for dissemination to staff</span> and we'd be grateful if you would share with Heads of Schools and Departments within your area for onward circulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A briefing plan for current students is presently under construction and will go out later in the summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thanks and regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Billy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">==============================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Professor William J. Kerr BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, FRSE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Deputy Associate Principal (Research and Knowledge Exchange)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">1919 Professor of Organic Chemistry</span><i><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:navy"><a href="mailto:w.kerr@strath.ac.uk" title="mailto:w.kerr@strath.ac.uk">w.kerr@strath.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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