Please see below for a message from Dr Marcela Cazzoli, UCML

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Dear Colleagues,

UCML is seeking to appoint a new Representative for Early Career Academics to the Executive Committee. The new Representative will take up their role on 1st October 2020. The nomination form is attached herewith: please complete with your statement and the names of Nominator & Seconder and return to the UCML Hon. Secretary, Dr Marcela Cazzoli, on marcela.a.cazzoli@durham.ac.uk by noon on Thursday, 27th August 2020.

The Executive Committee meets twice a year, in person or online. Each representative is in charge of their constituency, sub-discipline or nation, and is required to submit a report at each Exec meeting (and, for the three nations, also Plenary meetings), which will be discussed at the meeting. Further detail is in the attachments. The Steering Group meets on an additional two occasions, each time ca one month before the Exec meeting. All Officers & Exec members are also expected to attend the biannual UCML Plenaries, in January & June/July of each year.

UCML seeks to ensure a balance of sexes, regions and types of HEI (pre- and post-92) among the members of its Steering Group and Executive Committee.

Further information on the role can be sought from Joanna Drugan (J.Drugan@uea.ac.uk), VC Research or Claire Gorrara (gorrara@cardiff.ac.uk) Chair of UCML.

 All best wishes,

 Marcela

Dr Marcela Cazzoli

Deputy Head, School of Modern Languages and Cultures

Associate Professor (Teaching), SFHEA

MLAC Lead for Athena Swan & EDI