Early Career Network Committee

The ECN focuses on a number of areas; namely:

Supporting early career Fellows (ECFs) to develop relevant skills.
Supporting ECFs to build networks of peers – across all areas of astronomy, geophysics and solar system science, including industry, education, academia and business.
Putting early career Fellows in touch with those in a position to support them.
Acting as a liaison between ECFs and more senior members of RAS in order to amplify the voices of ECFs in the broader community.
In conjunction with the RAS Membership Committee, working to encourage early career scientists to join the Society.

The ECN Steering Committee oversees the ECN, and has the following responsibilities:

Have oversight of activities organised by Early Career Network representatives, ensure that they meet the standards set out in the RAS policies, and advise on their content.
Ensure that the programme of Early Career Network events supported by the Society operates within available resources agreed by Council.
Act as the interface between Early Career Network members, and RAS staff and Council.
Evaluate the effectiveness of all Early Career Network activities on a regular basis, monitoring its impact on areas such as transition to employment in academia and industry, and the development of relevant skillsets.
Liaise with and feed into the work of the RAS Membership Committee.

Ruth Kelly, University of Padova, ruth.kelly@unipd.it (chair)
Nahid Chowdhury, University of Leicester, mnc8@leicester.ac.uk
Vishnu Varma R Vejayan, Keele University, v.r.vejayan@keele.ac.uk (membership representative)
Jack Reid, University of St Andrews, jr93@st-andrews.ac.uk (secretary)
Christina Schoettler, Keele University, c.schoettler@keele.ac.uk (event manager)
Lana Williams, Lancaster University, a.williams36@lancaster.ac.uk

If you would like to contact the committee, email: ecn@ras.ac.uk

Upcoming ECN events