Post Doc Society Committee Minutes

Meeting: / Invited: / Jane Dalton JD, Liz Rylott LR, Katrin Besser
KB, Erica Kintz EK, Tim Ganderton TG / Date: / Thursday
Dec 12th, 2013
10:30am / Apologies: / Melissa Brazier-Hicks MBH / Venue: / Q block rm 217
Discussion Point / Outcome / Action required
Nina updates on Hilary leaving arrangements / -PDSC taking over coffee careers for next 6 months
There is a budget to cover costs for speakers and coffee/cookies
-concern over who will run small group teaching for PDs to run tutorials / -LR taking over this (both JD LR have possible contacts for first two sessions)
-may move careers links from Hilary’s page to PDSC website - JD to ask who will be running small group teaching sessions for tutorial training and to contact Lorna Warnock who will be the replacement contact for Hilary
Minutes from September meeting / -agreed / -KB to add to website
Biology Away Day feedback / -EK updated on response from Away Day Research Committee / -EK to contact Debbie Smith to get her opinions on how Away Day could be more appealing to post docs
Committee Reps
-Outreach
-EK as deputy for
Research Committee / -KB to add new Outreach Committee member (Gloria Gonzalez Fortes) to website
Meeting of Committee Reps / -try to arrange for early next year before Annual General Meeting / -KB to e-mail reps and try to arrange date
Teaching Opportunities/Workshops
(info from Fiona Frame) / -TG to find information from his contract about PGCAP being available to all those with 3+ year contract
-KB to add links and info from Fiona’s e-mail and TG to website LR to send KB info from Fiona
Funding for Research Fellowships and early careers funding on PDSC website / -Simon Baker suggested funding information should be added to website; JD aims to target early post-docs / -JD will collate all information and assist KB in adding to website
-EK to see if official link for tutorials available
Post-doc summer scheme / -EK updated that Research Committee has decided that students must be current undergraduates
Chocolate Social / Aiming for a date near Easter / -LR to cost chocolate tasting
-TG to cost whisky tasting
Set a date for start of skills share / -JD to get ideas (or find people to give sessions) @ Dec 17th C&P
New Biology post doc starters welcome / Reminder to check PDSC e-mail more regularly!
Discussed that all committee members need to know what the protocol is for our new starters scheme / -MBH needs to send PDSC protocol for new Post Doc starters to PDSC members
Webpages updating / -add “careers” tab w/ funding teaching info / -KB and JD will update everything early in new year
Post Doc funds -ways to spend money to benefit Post Doc community / -see chocolate social
Coffee and pastries / -TG to send advertising e-mail
-LR coffee from Cucina
-MBH getting Christmas themed treats
-EK will be absent
Other business / -Aiming for PDSC meeting early Feb
-Next C&P/annual general meeting in mid Feb / -LR to send out doodle polls
Next meeting / -TG to put together agenda and chair