2.2 Evaluating success against the department’s key priorities We have made significant progress across a large number of actions and initiatives since 2017. Three key areas of achievement are considered below.
Gender composition of faculty Since our last submission, total female faculty has changed from 30.9% to 41.7%. At no point have we employed more female Assistant (51.7%), Associate (50.0%), or full Professors (23.3%) [2017AP. Achievement beyond 4.2.1]. The Financial Times MBA ranking (2023) of leading s chools’ places WBS 1st in the UK, 3rd in Europe, and 4th globally for the gender balance of faculty. We have enacted a long-term strategy focusing on the development and progression of high potential faculty. We aim to compete through culture. Hence, only 16% of 102 hires in the period have been at the professorial level, whilst 68% have been at FA6 or FA7. Our focus has been on three career transitions: career entry (FA6 to FA7), probation (FA7 to FA8) and promotion (FA8 to FA9).
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