WBS Athena Swan Gold Submission 2023

Objective

Actions and outputs

Timeframe

Person(s) responsible

Success measure

3.4

Continue to develop our mentoring programme to provide opportunities for more gender balance of role models and consider the intersection of ethnicity. Rationale: Due to limited females in leadership positions opportunities for a female mentor are limited. Improve the dissemination of research with a focus on profiling female academics. Rationale: Male academics are more likely to be engaged in external dissemination of their work via the media than our female academics. Demonstrate and evidence the Schools impact in research…

Provide mentoring specifically around research dissemination and impact specifically for FA7 and FA8 staff. Explore ways to ensure mentoring support has more impact on career progression. Develop a communications plan to profile female researchers.

September 2025

Pro-Dean (Research, Engagement & Impact), Pro-Dean (Faculty) Pro-Dean (Research, Engagement & Impact), Pro-Dean (Faculty)

Feedback sought from academics with recommendations proposed

to Pro-Dean (Research, Engagement & Impact).

September 2026

Reduction in time taken to progress from FA8 to FA9 academic). Increase in female progression to FA9 (academic). Increase in the number of news articles promoting female researchers on our website.

3.5

December 2024

Senior Assistant Registrar, TLE, MarComms

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