About us

What we do

The FoH Early Career Researcher Committee (FoHECRC; formerly known as MDHECRC or Early Career Group (ECG)) champions the researcher career agenda within the Faculty of Health and steers the work of the Think Ahead programme which is managed by Dr Lucy Lee.

The committee is lead by Prof Cheryl Miller and provides strategic thinking in the design of a comprehensive programme to equip junior researchers with skills which meet employers' needs. This committee's research interests include:

• training needs analyses

• impact evaluation of training and mentoring programmes

• the staff appraisal process

This committee aims to ensure that all researchers in the Faculty have access to advice and training to develop their career trajectory. 

Our aim is to work in close collaboration with the main ECR stakeholders themselves, namely ECRs within individual departments and representatives of the FoH Research Staff Association (FoHRSA). 

We are committed to representing ECR interests in the faculty and more widely.  Our overall vision and a definition of what you can expect from your departmental FoHECRC representative/ECR Lead can be found here.  Along these lines, we were commissioned by the faculty to produce a policy document to define ECR and Research (Academic) Group Leaders/PI statements to formalise the FoH faculty position in this area.  These and other policy documents and supporting statements related to the work of the FoHECRC can be found from the 'Documents and statements' tab above.