School Directors of Postgraduate Taught Studies (PGT Directors)
Overview
Each School has a Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies to act as the key focal point for co-ordinating and championing PGT programme initiatives. Key features of the role will include:
- Liaison and cooperation with colleagues, both within the School and across the University more widely, to develop PGT provision and promote recruitment.
- To maintain oversight of the PGT programmes offered within the School and to ensure that quality assurance procedures are functioning effectively.
- To provide leadership in the development and enhancement of PGT provision within the School, and to be actively involved in championing initiatives designed to:
- Improve the level of student recruitment onto postgraduate taught programmes;
- Increase levels of student satisfaction with postgraduate taught provision;
- Promote a more diverse student body, including the provision of programmes that are more easily accessible to in-career professionals seeking part-time and/or on-line modes of study;
See Responsibilities of PGT Directors for a full description of the role and responsibilities.
Lunchtime Meetings
At least once a semester lunches are organised for PGT Directors and the agenda for each meeting is agreed in advance. Join the PGT Community of Practice (CoP) to get notice of meetings and to make any suggestions for future meetings. To be added to the CoP membership, please contact Tony Churchill (a.j.churchill@reading.ac.uk).
Current PGT Directors
Agriculture, Policy & Development:
Sanzidur RahmanÂ
Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science:
Anne Verhoef, Jess Neumann, Mary Lewis, Maria Shahgedanova, Frank Mayle
International Development - Andrew AinslieÂ
Agri-Food Economics & Marketing - Sanzidur RamenÂ
Food & Nutritional Sciences - Justine Norris
Crop Science - Gillian RoseÂ
Arts & Communication Design:
Gerry Leonidas
Dominic Lees Â
Christine Ellison
Film Theatre and Television - Matthew McFrederickÂ
Built Environment:
Maria Vahdati
Construction - Emmanuel Essah & Amna ShibeikaÂ
Architecture - Oliver Froome-Lewis & Penelope PlazaÂ
Construction Management & Engineering - Shabnam Kabiri, Martin Green & Shu-Ling Lu
Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy:
Chemistry - Paz VaqueiroÂ
Food - Afroditi Chatzifragkou & Gunter KuhnleÂ
Pharmacy - Kat HallÂ
School of Pharmacy - Barbara Mason Â
Humanities:
Classics - Andreas GavrielatosÂ
English Languages and Applied Linguistics - Tony CapstickÂ
History - Rebecca Rist, Rohan DebRoyÂ
Languages & cultures - Federico FaloppaÂ
English Literature - David Brauner, Peter Robinson, Conor Carville, Karin Lesnik-Obersteinm, Mark Nixon, John Scholar
Institute of Education:
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Law:
Ruvi Ziegler
Mathematical, Physical & Computational Sciences:
Carmen Lam Â
Chris Holloway Â
Philosophy, Politics & Economics:
Economics: Stefania Lovo
Philosophy - Si Schroeder, Walter VeitÂ
Politics & International Relations - Amanda HallÂ
Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences:
Psychology Postgraduate programmes - Paul Jenkins
Charlie Waller Institute - Hannah Vickery
Henley Business School:
Digital Business - Yin Leng Tan Â
Finance - George Alexandridis Â
Business Informatics and Accountancy -Renata Stenka Â
Leadership Organisation and Behaviour - Keith Heron Â
Real Estate and Planning - Eamonn D'Arcy Â
Finance - Dina Ghanma Â
Marketing and Reputation - Ruby Zhang, Rodrigo Perez Vega