Committees Reporting Directly to Council
Honours & Nominations Advisory Committee Chair : Karen Goldstone MBE , Secretary : Colin Partington MBE
Council 2022 / 23
All members of Council are Trustees of the Society
The role of the Committee is to recommend to the SRP President individuals who should be nominated for a UK Public Honour and prepare nominations for SRP to send to the Cabinet Office . The Committee also recommends annually to Council suitable recipients for one of the Society ' s honours - the Founders ' Medal , Honorary Fellowship , and the Dunster Lecture . A nomination prepared by HNAC for UK Public Honours was submitted early in 2020 . A previous nomination is still under consideration by the Cabinet Office . The pandemic has had far reaching effects on the honours system with honours for those excelling during the pandemic seemingly prioritised over other scientific awards in 2021 / 22 . We have therefore held back from preparing another nomination in 2021 .
Despite HNAC preparing guidance and a form to elicit suggested recipients for Society Honours from SRP membership the response was disappointing in 2021 . Key aims for HNAC are to improve engagement with the membership in seeking suggested recipients and to address issues of diversity . It is hoped that an article in preparation for Radiation Protection Today will go some way to addressing these issues .
Radiation Protection Council SRP Licensor Representative : Peter Marsden
The Radiation Protection Council ( RPC ) maintains Registers of Chartered , Incorporated and Technical Radiation Protection Professionals . We also maintain the standards needed to attain registration . We have material on our website ( www . ukrpc . org . uk ) intended for the promotion of registration and its benefits to individuals and employers . We actively encourage relevant professional bodies to join the RPC as Licensees for the benefit of their members .
Several Council members have sought to extend their membership for a second term as allowed under the Terms of Reference . Dates have been adjusted to ensure there is suitable overlap of members ' tenures . The Deputy Chair ( James Wakefield ) steps down this Autumn and a potential replacement is being interviewed in late April by the Chairman and Dr Marsden .
SRP Networks
Heads of Profession Network The SRP Heads of Profession Network provides a forum for discussion and sharing of experience and good practice for SRP members and organisations interested in recruitment , retention , training and career development of radiation protection professionals . The Network has been running for three years utilising an SRP forum page and SRP Microsoft Teams channel . Two meetings are held each year via Teams . The network has grown to 41 registered members from 28 institutions . Additional networks have been discussed with the SRP Radiation Source Managers Network commencing in March 2022 .
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See the Council page on MySRP to find out more about the Trustees