FESR 2022: Researcher Town Hall

A rare opportunity to engage in a direct conversation with the Provost and Senior Academics.

As part of the week-long series of events, the Researcher Townhall will be the focal point for the celebrations and a rare opportunity to engage in a direct conversation with the Provost and Senior Academics.

The speakers for the Researcher Townhall event will include:

• Dr Michael Spence AC, President and Provost of UCL

• Prof. David Bogle, Pro-Vice-Provost of the Doctoral School

• Prof. Gill Bates, Vice-Dean Research for Faculty of Brain Sciences

• Prof. Alexandra Olaya-Castro, Vice-Dean EDI For MAPS

• Prof. Nicola Miller, Director of Institute of Advanced Studies.

The event will focus on the role of early career researchers and postgraduate researchers in delivering UCL's research mission. We will hear from Prof. Gill Bates about PGRs and ECRs in the Faculty of Brain Sciences including the importance of research leadership with an emphasis on the LMS ‘Lab Leaders’ series. Prof. Alexandra Olaya-Castro will provide an EDI perspective and we will hear about her work with PGRs and ECRs in the MAPS Faculty. From Prof. Nicola Miller, we will hear about the newly established Early Career Network in the joint faculties (A&H and SHS) and the role of the Institute of Advanced Studies in supporting translational and interdisciplinary research.

We would like to invite you to send us some questions for the panel members, in advance of the event. Please therefore get involved and submit your questions via Sli.do using the event code #UCLResearcherTownhall (Link:https://app.sli.do/event/jNFPCg48Mv98ppV5CNR1pk).

You will also be able to review and vote up questions you would like answered and can do this prior to the event. If your question is upvoted we will invite you to read it out. Please therefore include your full name and state if you do not wish to ask your question out loud.

This event is for UCL's students and staff, and those as part of the academic and research community.