Contacts

PGR Structure 

The first point of contact for many PGR enquiries will be School PGR Administrators, or Departmental/Directors of Postgraduate Research. Find details of the Faculty PGR Structure and Contacts (March 2024).

Find your local School PGR team here. 

HSS Faculty PGR Team 

The Faculty PGR Team provides support for funding and training development opportunities for PGRs across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Contact us at hsspgr@liverpool.ac.uk or find out who can help you below.

Dr Chris Egan

Faculty PGR Enhancement Officer 

Chris works closely with the Faculty’s director and deputy director of PGR, as well as other PGR leadership staff across the Faculty supporting PGR student recruitment, wellbeing, employability and data. 

• Secretary to the Faculty PGR Committee 

✉ Christopher.Egan@liverpool.ac.uk  

☎ 0044 (0) 151 794 1324 

Ms Nicola Rankin

Faculty PGR Enhancement Coordinator 

Nicola works closely with Chris, and the Faculty’s director and deputy director of PGR. She works with PGR leadership staff to support PGR student wellbeing and employability. 

• Minutes Secretary to the Faculty PGR Committee 

✉ Nicola.Rankin@liverpool.ac.uk  

Mr Nathan Elsdon

PGR Administrator (Digital Communications) 

Nathan is responsible for the communication of funding opportunities and events to PGR students in the Faculty. He creates the fortnightly PGR bulletin, manages the HSS PGR Twitter account (@LivUniHSS_PGR) and Instagram account (@uol.hss.pgr), and maintains the Faculty PGR Training Catalogue and the Faculty PGR LinkedIn page. 

✉ nathan.elsdon@liverpool.ac.uk 

☎ 0044 (0) 151 794 1324  

Ms Hayley Meloy

Faculty Doctoral Training Officer and NWSSDTP Manager  

Hayley is responsible for managing the ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) across its five constituent Universities (UCLan, Keele, Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester) and also oversees the Faculty’s involvement in the AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP). 

In addition to her work with the DTPs, Hayley provides strategic support to the engage@liverpool methodological initiative and coordinates doctoral training provision more broadly for PGRs in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. 

• Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Academic Management Committee and Strategy Board 
• Member of the AHRC NWCDTP Academic Management Committee 

• Secretary to the engage@liverpool Management Team Committee 
• Member of the Methods North West Executive Committee 
• Secretary to the Faculty Doctoral Training Steering Group 

✉ hmeloy@liverpool.ac.uk  

☎ 0044 (0)151 794 1482  

Dr Julie McColl 

DTP Coordinator (Impact and Collaboration) 

Julie is responsible for supporting existing - and cultivating new - collaborative opportunities for ESRC NWSSDTP students across the four DTP institutions, working with staff, PGRs and non-HEI partners. Julie also oversees support for DTP students in terms of impact training and careers support. Julie is responsible for ensuring NWSSDTP policies and processes are up-to-date, coordinating the administration of both the annual ESRC NWSSDTP and AHRC NWCDTP studentship competitions, and is also responsible for communicating events and opportunities to ESRC-funded students across the North West via the NWSSDTP Newsletter. 

• Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Academic Management Committee 

• Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP Strategy Board 
• Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP TEKE Panel  

✉ j.a.mccoll@liverpool.ac.uk 

☎ 0044 (0)151 794 3013  

Mrs Sarah Elsdon

DTP Administrator 

Sarah is responsible for the administration of DTP student expense claims, additional funding competitions (i.e. Overseas Fieldwork, Internships and Overseas Institutional Visits) and NWSSDTP events. Sarah also provides administrative support for the annual ESRC NWSSDTP and AHRC NWCDTP studentship competitions, and helps maintain the NWSSDTP Twitter account (@NWSSDTP). 

• Minute Secretary to the ESRC NWSSDTP TEKE Panel  

✉ selsdon@liverpool.ac.uk  

☎ 0044 (0) 151 794 1324 

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