Governance

Governance of the YBDTP is managed via two committees – the Management Group and the Strategic Advisory Board. Our Management Board (MAB) consist of representatives from all eight partner Universities as well as YBDTP Student reps, whilst our Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) is made of industry experts.

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Management Board

The DTP Management Board has overall responsibility for the effective governance of the Training Partnership and its funding from BBSRC.  The current Management Board is comprised:

First Name	Surname	Institution	Email
Eric	Hewitt	University of Leeds (DTP Director and Chair)	[email protected]
Beatrice	Filippi	University of Leeds	[email protected]
Qian	Wu	University of Leeds	[email protected]
Stuart	Wilson	University of Sheffield	[email protected]
Julie	Gray	University of Sheffield	[email protected]
Andrew	Peden	University of Sheffield Co-director	[email protected]
Emma	Thomson	University of Sheffield	[email protected]
Daphne	Ezer	University of York Co-director	[email protected]
Gideon	Grogan	University of York	[email protected]
Gavin	Thomas	University of York	[email protected]
Gary	Jones	Leeds Beckett	[email protected]
Safwan	Akram	Teesside University	[email protected]
Julie	Thornton	University of Bradford	[email protected]
Sherif	El-Khamisy	University of Bradford	[email protected]
Ethan	Perkins	University of Bradford Co-director	[email protected]
Jen	Bright	University of Hull	[email protected]
Rob	Knell	University of Hull Co-director	[email protected]
David	Smith	Sheffield Hallam Co-director	[email protected]

The Management Board updates the White Rose University Consortium Executive Board on progress, giving senior leaders clear oversight of the Partnership.

Each university tracks how its students are progressing and reports this information to the Management Board. This helps the Partnership understand any financial or strategic implications. Every student has a supervisory team—led by a principal supervisor and supported by co‑supervisors—and may also receive help from technical staff or postdoctoral researchers.

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Strategic Advisory Board (SAB)

The DTP Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) consists of representatives from Industry, key stakeholders and other DTPs. The SAB is not a scientific advisory board and does not have formal oversight of the DTP Management Board. The SAB acts as a ‘critical friend’ to the DTP. The board currently consists of:

The SAB attends the DTP Annual General Meeting each summer to run training and networking sessions for the students. The AGM also provides the backdrop for the joint SAB-MAB meeting to discuss the current state of play of the DTP and plans moving forward.