Doctoral Tutor
Dr Alexandra Psarrou
Email: A.Psarrou1@westminster.ac.uk
Office hours, Tuesdays 2pm-4pm. Meet online via MS Teams Link
The Doctoral Tutor is a supporting role, should you experience any problems that you feel might be better approached by somebody outside of your supervisory team. You can still contact your School Doctoral Co-Ordinator in the first instance should you want to, but the Doctoral Tutor is somebody who is completely independent, although they may act as a mediator with your supervisory team if this is what is required.
The Doctoral Tutor can support you if you are experiencing any difficulties that you feel you want to be resolved for you and with you. They will treat any information that you provide in a confidential manner and it is key that you feel able to trust them. Additionally, the Doctoral Tutor will be able to direct you to the appropriate Student Services should this be necessary.
If the Doctoral Tutor is already on your doctoral supervision team, if they are on leave, or if you prefer to talk to a different person, then please contact the Head of the Graduate School, Dr Margherita Sprio instead.
The smooth running of your PhD experience at Westminster is at the heart of the Doctoral Tutor’s role and they are there to help, act as a supportive friend, talk through a particular problem with you or anything else that you feel is more appropriately independently explored.
Doctoral researchers can also email the Doctoral Tutor to arrange an online or on-site meeting outside the office hours.