People and contacts
Meet the teams within SRS
Leadership
Susanna Broom Professor Jeremy Niven
The SRS is led by the Head, Susanna Broom, and the Dean, Professor Jeremy Niven. They provide leadership and direction on the provision and support for emerging researchers.
Regulation and policy enquiries: pgr-governance@sussex.ac.uk
Administrative Support
From left to right: Maddie Talbot, Shona Clements, Mimi Goddard
As well as supporting the smooth running of the SRS and the associated governance structures, the Administration team is the first point of contact for your general queries. They are also responsible for SRS communications, such as the newsletters; PGR Connections and The Sussex Researcher. The team also runs the Junior Research Associate scheme for undergraduate researchers.
General enquires: researcher-school@sussex.ac.uk
Researcher Development
From left to right: Ayla Mir, Alex Aghajanian, Katy Stoddard
The team provides development opportunities for PGRs and early career researchers (ECRs) through induction, training, writing retreats, funding pots, community and awards. They support PGR and ECR governance, and run events in the annual Summer of Research.
This team includes the Assistant Programme Manager, who works across SRS on various projects that continue to improve the experience of emerging researchers at Sussex.
General enquiries: researcher-development@sussex.ac.uk
PGR Scholarships
The team provides support for external PhD funding bids and the delivery of Doctorial Training Partnerships and Centres for Doctoral Training. Once funding has been secured, they liaise with PGRs on scholarship applications and funding statuses.
General enquiries: pgr-scholarships@sussex.ac.uk
DISCnet Centre for Doctoral Training
Susanne manages the DISCnet Centre for Doctoral Training, a consortium of three member universities funded by the Science and Technologies Facilities Council, training a new generation of postgraduate data intensive scientists.
The Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE)
From left to right: Leo Wood, Sephora Imomoh (role has been replaced by Joe Upton), Rob Witts and Clare Hunt.
This Doctoral Training Partnership is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to support postgraduate research across a consortium of eight member institutions. The central team is based at the University of Sussex in SRS.
CHASE studentships offer PGRs funding support alongside an extensive training programme, placement opportunities and researcher networks. CHASE also runs a bi–annual Encounters conference and publishes an open access student journal, Brief Encounters, curating original and creative contributions from PGRs and ECRs.
General enquiries: enquiries@chase.ac.uk
CHASE placement enquiries: training@chase.ac.uk