Transcript Women@TUoS - This University Can

Women@TUoS NET
This University Can
‘Our University’ Joe Scarborough, 2005
Sheffield Women Alumni
Amy Johnson
(1925)
Hilary Mantel
(1973)
Helen Sharman
(1984)
Jessica Ennis-Hill
(2007)
Female Academics' Progression
Action Plan
• Launched 2009 marking 50th anniversary of our first
female professor
• To build on Institutional Athena SWAN Bronze award
Sheffield Chemistry
(1914-1918)
• In 2009, 19% professorships held by women
Female Academics' Progression Action
Plan
• KPI to increase the percentage of senior female
academics to 23% by 2015
• Support female training/networking events
• Support parents
• Celebrate women’s achievements
• Mentoring programmes for female academics
• Monitor promotions and appointments
Starting our
Women’s Network
• 2011: Visioning exercise
• 2012: Launch for STEM subjects
• Attendance by VC
• Establishment of Steering Group
and priority activities/events
• 2013: University-wide Launch
• Attendance by VC, PVCs,
staff across University
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2013 - University-wide Launch of Women@TUOS Net
‘Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Women in Academia’
Critical Success Factors
• Senior management buy-in
• If Athena SWAN really is on your University’s
agenda, senior managers need to put their money
where their mouth is
• Embed in University governance
• Don’t be a special interest group that operates
outside formal structure
• Be a mechanism for University-led targets
e.g. % women professors & Athena SWAN delivery
What we do
Events
• Annual Lectures
• Monthly talks
• Speed networking
• Leadership ladder
• IWD celebrations
• Training
• CV writing
• Resilience
• Media
Initiatives
• internal comms review
• P2P (Parent 2 Parent)
• Promotion
• CV+
• Writing
Club
• Distribute Annual Reports
to Senior Management
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Annual Lectures
2012: Dame Athene Donald
2013: Dame Carol Robinson
2014: Prof Michelle Ryan
Parents@TUoS
Quarterly themed coffee mornings
‘really helpful to hear from other academic returners
about their experiences’
Women Academic Returners’
Programme (WARP)
£10,000 for women
academics and researchers
returning after maternity
leave
‘under the WARP scheme I have submitted 2 papers
with a further 2 research papers and an application
for a research grant due for submission.’
Mentoring Programmes
• 6-month programme for female
Lecturers, mentored by senior
academic staff
• ‘My mentor´s knowledge and
experience of going through the
promotions process was
invaluable.’
• 12-month mentoring programme for
senior academic women, mentored by
PVC or senior staff.
• ‘It gave me a big boost in terms of
confidence, and opened up my eyes to a
much broader perspective on the
University.’
Researcher Mentoring
‘I now have strategies to overcome my fears’
Celebrating Achievements
International Women’s Day Events
2013: Debate: Quotas are the answer
to smashing the glass ceiling
2014: Panel Discussion: What is the
Future of Feminism?
2015: Joint TuOS/SHU Lunch and career development event over two days
Past or present member of staff whose
portrait we would like to see in Firth Hall
• Established by Rosie Valerio on her retirement
• University women nominated
• 28 professional photo portraits
Portrait of a Woman
Gillian Gehring OBE, Emeritus Professor in Physics
• First ( and only) woman Professor of Physics at Sheffield
• Second woman to hold a Professorship in a UK Physics Department
‘always holds out a helping hand to other women’ a ‘glass-ceiling buster’
‘someone who speaks for the spirit of this University expressed in her life
and work. There could be none better’ (VC)
We are improving slowly
Equality and diversity Board
‘Excellence through inclusion’ strategy
Equality Objectives
Think local…
MBB WinS
(Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Women in Science)
Monthly Science Cake Café
Human Resources
Gill Tait
Julie Campbell
Emily Hopkinson
Rosie Valerio
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Mentoring
Jane Grasby
Frances Dee
Rhonda Snook
Sandrine Soubes
Caitlin Buck
Kay Guccione
Jenny Saul Women Profs
Carolyn Staton Parents@TUoS
Rosie Staniforth MBBWinS
And many more…
For more information:
2014 ‘Women’s Networks in Academia: Practical Advice
for Positive Impact’
• Good Practice Guide
• CV+ guidelines
• P2P guidelines
• Writing Club guidelines
Download from www.sheffield.ac.uk/womens-network