Academic engagement is at the very heart of the ongoing success of the SWDTP which has more than 300 PhD students now studying, plus post-doctoral fellows and a fast stream of alumni.
SWDTP Institutional Academic Leads act as the lead for their home institutions for all academic matters related to the business of SWDTP, primarily in contact with the assigned Pathway Leads but also reaching out to supervisors.
The current Institutional Academic Leads are:
Dr Samantha Curle, University of Bath
Dr Angeliki Papadaki, University of Bristol
Dr Louisa Evans, University of Exeter
Dr Patricia Kanngiesser, University of Plymouth
Dr Bernhard Gross, UWE Bristol
Dr Anne Parfitt,
Bath Spa University
Dr Stuart Read,
Bath Spa University
Professor Mike Silk, Bournemouth University
Dr Andreas Walmsley, Plymouth Marjon University