skip to content
Role of Newton Institute Correspondents
What the Institute promises to do:
- Send out via email Correspondents' Bulletins three times per year, with a range of reminders, information, updates and contact details
- Send out full details of all programmes, workshops and other similar activities, together with contact and registration details, both by email and by post
- Send out copies of the Institute's calls for proposals
- Inform Correspondents of major new decisions or developments
- Respond to queries, suggestions, comments and criticisms from Correspondents or others in their institution
- Encourage programme organisers to arrange satellite workshops, with a contribution of £5K from the Institute
- Maintain lists of potential travelling seminar speakers
- Hold an annual meeting for Correspondents
What Correspondents are expected to do:
- Act as a focus in their institution for communication between the Institute and the UK mathematical science community
- Distribute the information provided by the Institute widely within their institution, especially to relevant departments other than mathematics
- Ensure that members of their institution are aware of the various sources of information concerning Institute activities (e.g., web site, email lists, etc)
- Encourage participation in Institute programmes, particularly by younger scientists, and act as a source of advice to members of their institution
- Promote the Junior Membership scheme
- Keep the Institute informed of any suggestions, comments or criticisms, and draw its attention to cases where there are (or appear to be) obstacles to participation in Institute programmes
- Encourage colleagues in their institutions to consider hosting satellite workshops for appropriate Institute programmes
- Ensure that local seminar organisers are aware of the lists maintained by the Institute
