The Graduate Parlour Committee is elected to represent our graduate students and to run all aspects of the Graduate Parlour. Any current GP member is eligible to stand for a position and help in a variety of different roles, so we encourage everyone to consider doing so. Feel free to speak to anyone in the GPC if you have any questions about the way the GP is run or if you’d like to get involved! You can find details of all your current GP committee members below. Please do say hi when you see us around and certainly let us know if there’s anything we can do to help! Our contact details are available if you want to drop us an email directly.
President
Claire Carroll
The President is in many ways the face of the GPC. They are ultimately responsible for setting the tone for and running the committee, chairing meetings of the GPC, organising and ensuring that all committee members have the support they need to fulfil their roles effectively, and setting the agenda for what the GPC wishes to achieve by way of new and ongoing initiatives for the benefit of Pembroke graduates. The President, together with the Vice President, represents the interests of the GP to College at a variety of regular meetings of various committees. They are also the conduit, together with the Vice President and the External Officer, between the GP and the Cambridge SU, representing the interests of the GP at regular meetings of both bodies.
Vice-President
Oliver Reed
The VP’s role is one of the most flexible and therefore exciting on the committee. The VP participates in all College meetings alongside the President, representing the graduate student body, and is also encouraged to attend meetings with CUSU and the GU. Furthermore, the VP assumes the rules and duties of the President in their absence.
Secretary
Zack Hayward
The Secretary is responsible for organising the GP Committee, for safeguarding / updating important documents and for sending out regular bulletins that inform all GP members about the upcoming activities and events. For GP meetings (committee or open), the Secretary takes and posts minutes, and follows up on decisions made at meetings to ensure they are implemented. Thereby the Secretary liaises closely with all other members of the committee, so the position provides a good opportunity to engage with all aspects of GP life. The Secretary also organises Graduate nights at High Table and manages Associate Memberships.
Treasurer
Megan Buckley
The role of Treasurer is an important role, combining general responsibility for looking after the GP’s accounts and finances with a strong input into the GP’s day-to-day spending decisions. The Treasurer drafts the following year’s budget at the end of Easter Term, and is thereafter responsible for taking decisions as to how the GP’s money is spent, working together with the rest of the committee, so they therefore play a really important role in basically everything the GPC does! The Treasurer will need to build a relationship with the College Representatives who manage the formal accounting systems that govern the GP’s finances.
Events Officer
Vacant
The Events officer is responsible for building a team of willing student volunteers to host events in college throughout the year, including BOPs and BA dinners. They aim to have a positive impact on how people perceive their time at Pembroke by planning and hosting the sort of events people enjoy, and they are a creative force for organising the big events that we put on for the GP community.
The events team is under the watchful eye of the Vice-President, Oliver Reed, and the Swaps & Formals Officer, Raffi Schumann.
Swaps & Formals Officer
Raffi Schumann
The Swaps & Formals Officer organises swaps with other colleges, allowing Pembroke graduates to dine in Halls around Cambridge. They also invites students from other colleges to dine with us. This role will suit a person who is excited to forge links with other colleges and to invigorate the GP’s social, culinary, and cultural calendars.
Steward
Vacant
The GP Steward is one of the most visible and essential members of the GPC and of the GP experience. They are charged with the unspeakably important task of keeping the Puboard fully stocked and in good working order! They are in charge of ordering all medicines, elixirs, and bevoires deilicieux and having them delivered to the GP. Accordingly, the GP Steward is responsible for marshalling the GP’s Puboard Stewards, who are not members of the GPC, and arranging the Puboard staffing roster for GP events. Also, they have the equally important task of maintaining the larger space of the GP itself. The GP Steward collects the magazines and newspapers from the Porters’ Lodge and arranges them in the GP. They are responsible for the cleanliness of the GP, together with the rest of the committee.
Although this role is currently vacant, do not fear, for the Puboard will remain clean and well stocked through the efforts of the Events Team!
Housing, Infrastructure & Sustainability Officer
Jonathan Liu
The Housing, Infrastructure and Sustainability Officer’s role is to make a difference in one of the most central features of students’ lives: their accommodation. In part, they are an advocate for students, working with the college to help students to negotiate their processes. They work with students and College to imagine and implement better graduate accommodation – in current and future buildings. They are also there to help our members who live in private accommodation to find suitable housing, and to make contact with other members who want to live privately.
Welfare Officer
Gareth Morgan
The Welfare Officer is responsible for the welfare of the graduate community in Pembroke. This involves liaising with college on a variety of issues including the tutorial system, Pembroke listening scheme, provision for students with families, and any other issues which you think are of particular importance. In addition, they are responsible for keeping the welfare section of the GP website up to date and ensuring new graduates have the information they need on arrival in Pembroke. As part of the GP committee, they are required to attend regular committee meetings, occasionally steward the Puboard and help out with GP events. They can also put on welfare-specific events, such as board game nights or pizza evenings. Most importantly, the Welfare Officer is friendly, approachable and available to anyone who would like to chat.
Women & Marginalised Genders Rep
Charlotte Brass
The women’s officer is part of the welfare team within the GPC and focuses on gender-related issues (female and non-binary). Charlotte is a final year PhD student in the field of medical engineering. Her experiences in STEM so far have enabled her to see what makes an environment welcoming to marginalised demographics, particularly from a gender perspective. She hopes to maintain the welcoming environment of the graduate parlour and extend this to Pembroke College, in this special year celebrating 40 years of women studying at Pembroke (PEM40).
LGBTQ+ Rep
Jack Palmer
The LGBTQ+ Officer in the GPC is elected to represent sex, gender and sexuality minorities among the members of the GP. A non-exhaustive list of these might include GP members who identify as:
- lesbian and gay,
- bisexual and pansexual,
- trans*, including non-binary genders,
- asexual and aromantic,
- and intersex,
as well as those who have a queer/questioning relationship with their sexuality, sex and gender identities.
The LGBTQ+ Officer is there to support and act as an advocate for GSM members of the GP as well as to answer questions about issues around gender, sex and sexuality that any member of the GP—whether they identify with one of these identities or not—might want to ask. If you’re interested and want to learn more about any of these identities and the issues around them, that’s a good enough reason to come and ask! You can ask via email or by putting a note in the Officer’s pidge.
Ethnic Minorities Rep
Vacant
The Ethnic Minorities Officer is responsible for providing pastoral support and representation for graduate students who identify as ethnic minorities. The EM Officer will liaise with CUSU’s BME Campaign, as well as other EM Officers, in order to advertise relevant events, and will be assigned a budget to organise events – whether discussion groups or social events. As part of the GP committee, they will be required to attend regular committee meetings, occasionally steward the Puboard and help out with GP events. The Ethnic Minorities Officer must identify as an ethnic minority.
Disabilities Rep
Vacant
This roles purpose is to try and make college opportunities and services as accessible as possible, while also expanding outreach and education around Disabled issues in college. If you have any questions about your access needs or have an idea on how accessibility can be improved, please reach out!
Role currently under the caring watch of the President – Claire Carroll
4th Year Rep
Widening Participation Rep
Vacant
The WP Officer represents those who have followed under-represented paths and backgrounds to university (first-gen), and helps College out with the LEAP programme.
Role currently under the caring watch of the President – Claire Carroll