Education, Training and Careers Committee

The Education, Training and Careers Committee (ETCC) provides advice to STFC Science Board and the STFC Executive on strategy, policies and programme balance for all aspects of education and training relevant to STFC core programme. This includes studentships, fellowships, equality issues and career development of early career researchers.

The committee oversees:

  • the allocation of STFC Landscape Doctoral Awards
  • the peer review and award of fellowships and collaborative studentships
  • the quality of training provided by these programmes

The committee meets three times a year and members usually serve on the fellowships panel at some point during their term.

The latest education, training and careers news covers matters discussed at the ETCC meeting held on 18 June 2024.

Terms of reference

The key areas of responsibility of the committee are to:

  • advise the STFC Executive and Science Board on the mission, vision and high-level objectives for ETCC with STFC science and technology and on policies and strategies to achieve these objectives
  • bring best practice in STFC education, training and careers for the benefit of the programme
  • receive reports from the STFC Executive on programme elements and their impact and advise on the development of metrics and the evaluation of the programme. ETCC will take into account the learning obtained from the programmes of partner organisations in the UK and abroad as appropriate
  • oversee the allocation of STFC studentships, the peer review of fellowships and the quality of training provided by these programmes
  • consider the skills needs of national laboratories
  • advise on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues relevant to early career researchers

ETCC members

Chair: Professor James McLaughlin, Northumbria University

Members:

  • Dr Christian Diget, University of York
  • Professor Ruth Gregory, King’s College London
  • Dr Cosimo Inserra, Cardiff University
  • Professor Victoria Martin (Deputy Chair), The University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Peter Millington, The University of Manchester
  • Professor Hiranya Peiris, University College London
  • Professor Tim Scanlon, University College London
  • Professor Bonnie Steves, University of Glasgow
  • Professor Stephen Wilkins, University of Sussex

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship Panel

The ETCC oversees the peer review of applications for the Ernest Rutherford fellowships.

Members of the Ernest Rutherford Fellowship Panel for 2024 and 2025 have been confirmed.

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Last updated: 11 November 2024

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