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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear PhD students, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you hopefully are aware, we have 4 student representative positions (1 per research division), who meet periodically as the Department’s PGR committee :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Optics : Paul Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Plasmas : Matthew Alderton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IoP : Matt Wilson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nanoscience : currently vacant (volunteers welcome)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Science Faculty has asked each Department to find up to 2 Departmental reps for the Faculty PGR Staff-Student Liaison group. A rough “job description” is shown below. As the role involves representing all Physics PhD students, it is
open to all Physics PhD students, not just those already representing research divisions listed above.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If interested , please get in touch with me by the end of this week.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gordon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PGR Departmental Rep to Faculty (1 PGR Credit, RD903, based on a minimum engagement of two meetings per academic year)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This important role involves acting as a conduit between the PGR student body in your home Department and the Faculty of Science. You will be a member of the Faculty PGR Student-Staff Liaison Group, which meets four times per year, approximately
quarterly. You will have the chance to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- learn about wider PGR matters, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- represent PGR student views and provide feedback on key topics such as PRES<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- raise PGR student concerns (that cannot be dealt with at departmental level) with senior Faculty staff, and
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<p class="MsoNormal">- influence decision-making on issues that affect students across Faculty.
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<p class="MsoNormal">You will gain valuable teamworking and communication skills that you can add to your cv.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Dr. Gordon Robb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Department of Physics & SUPA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">John Anderson Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">107 Rottenrow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Glasgow, G4 0NG,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Scotland, U.K.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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