We run scientific writing seminars for PhD students. We're planning an email and mail campaign targeting the science departments at a number of top UK universities. Hence, I need someone to go through the websites at these universities, and to find contact information for key decision makers such as department heads or research coordinators. The title will vary from one university and department to another -- we're trying to find the significant people who are likely to make decisions over training and who might be interested in having their students take our seminar. These will mostly be professors, but in some cases you may only find a secretary or personal assistant.
I've uploaded a Word document called universities list for PPH.docx which gives the list of 10 universities. For the first several, I've also done some preliminary web searching as a model for what I'm hoping someone can do for the entire list. The task involves first finding the webpage offering an overview of the Faculties and Departments, and then visiting the web pages for each of those places to search for the key contacts. Note: we are primarily interested in engineering, natural sciences, biology and biosciences including medicine. We are NOT targeting law or the humanities.
I've also uploaded an Excel document into which you can put the data. This is called "Data file to return". As you'll see, I've filled this in for the first two departments (aeronautics and bioengineering) at Imperial College London. This is just to show the data I am looking for and how it works in a couple cases.
I'm afraid I cannot give an easy and consistent recipe for finding the information at any department, as the websites are all organized somewhat differently. Sometimes you may find useful information under "Contacts" or "Contact us", but sometimes not. You may look at the list of people, or academic staff, and sometimes the department head will be listed. You'll need to just get into the website for each department and do some navigating around until you find the right details. Sometimes the department isn't the important group, and the information may instead be listed by Research Groups. In that case, please go to each research group and find contacts there.
If you find a deparment head, and there is also a secretary or PA listed, please give us the information for both people.
As you'l see in the Excel file, we're looking for the name of the department, the website URL, the responsible person's name and title, their email, and also their mailing address.
No doubt some projects may pose difficulties. Our aim is to get the most complete set of contacts we can, but if we miss a few, that;'s not a serious issue.
Of course, if you have any questions along the way, just email me and I'll try to give you some advice.
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