DRDP Team and Doctoral Tutor
Graduate School
Head of the Graduate School:
Dr Margherita Sprio
E: m.sprio@westminster.ac.uk
Hours: 10am – Midday on Mondays
Meet on MS Teams Link
Doctoral Researcher Development Manager:
Dr Nicola Allett
E: n.allett@westminster.ac.uk
Coordinator for the DRDP:
Lesley McDonagh
E: mcdonal@westminster.ac.uk
School DRDP Coordinators
SHAPE
Architecture:
Dr Constance Lau
E: c.lau@westminster.ac.uk
Social Sciences and Law:
Prof Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
E: andreaspm@westminster.ac.uk
Humanities:
Dr Alison Hess
E: a.hess@westminster.ac.uk
ARTS, MEDIA and COMMUNICATION
Arts:
TBC
E:
Media and Communication:
Dr Ed Bracho-Polanco
E: e.bracho-polanco@westminster.ac.uk
BUSINESS
Dr Spinder Dhaliwal
E: s.dhaliwal@westminster.ac.uk
STEMM
Computer Science:
Dr Alexander Bolotov
E: A.Bolotov@westminster.ac.uk
Life Sciences:
Dr Polly Hayes
E: P.Hayes@westminster.ac.uk
Doctoral Tutor
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.
Sylvia Shaw, The Assistant Head of the Graduate School, is the Doctoral Tutor. She is there to support you if you are experiencing any difficulties that you feel you want to be resolved for you and with you. The Doctoral Tutor’s role is to 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 Sylvia is already on your doctoral supervision team, if she is on leave, or if you prefer to talk to a different person, then please contact the Head of the Graduate School, 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.
Contact details:
Dr Sylvia Shaw: s.shaw@westminster.ac.uk
Hours: 10am – Midday on Wednesdays