Quietness lately

Regular readers of this blog (I know there are some!) will have noticed that I've been rather quiet lately. This is because I was recently at the annual conference of the National Postgraduate Committee (invariably referred to as "NPC"), held at Aston University.

During the conference the NPC Annual General Meeting took place, including elections for the new year's officers. The following were elected:

Management Sub-Committee (aka "the NPC Executive")

General Secretary: Simon Felton (Birmingham)
Chairperson: Jennifer Winter (York)
Treasurer: Tim Roll-Pickering (London)
Minutes Secretary: Chris Norris (Nottingham)
Conference Secretary: David Thurkettle (Keele)
Communications Officer: Chris Whittaker (Southampton)
Equal Opportunities Officer: Armineh Soorenian (Leeds)
Project Officers (x4): Alex Higgins (Sussex), Rhys Kearney (Salford), Chandan Singh (Staffordshire), Daniel Snowdon (London)
Ordinary Officers (x2): Matthew Daley (Aston), Marilyn Shanks (Essex)
Chairperson of NPC Scotland/CIN Alba: Jim Ewing (Glasgow)
Chairperson of NPC Wales/PCÔ-R Cymru: To be elected at the next Wales/Cymru meeting

Financial Sub-Committee

Treasurer (Convener): Tim Roll-Pickering (London)
Past Treasurer: Christabel Silva (Middlesex)
General Secretary: Simon Felton (Birmingham)
Chairperson: Jennifer Winter (York)
Conference Secretary: David Thurkettle (Keele)
Treasurer NPC Scotland/CIN Alba: To be confirmed
Treasurer NPC Wales/PCÔ-R Cymru: To be elected at the next Wales/Cymru meeting
Ordinary members (x2): Duncan Connors (Glasgow), Martin Gough (University College London)

Constitutional Sub-Committee

Chairperson (Convener): Jennifer Winter (York)
Past Chairperson: Marilyn Shanks (Essex)
General Secretary: Simon Felton (Birmingham)
Ordinary members (x3): Peter Campbell (Sheffield Hallam), Duncan Connors (Glasgow), James Groves (Lancaster)

The full results can be found on this educationet post.

It looks like being a good year. I was especially stunned to find out afterwards that Armineh has been named Yorkshire and Humberside international student of the year by the British Council.

Also launched at conference was the new discussion board for the NPC and postgraduate issues. To register please click here.