STRENGTHS: TOP 3 AREAS TO CELEBRATE AND BUILD UPON
Themes
Action/Initiative(s)
To raise mentoring awareness and uptake: Contact known
pairs (mentors are mandatory for Assistant Professors) and
Professors individually to encourage registration in
mentoring scheme. Promote in newsletters and at
departmental events.
Mandatory individual career mentoring; must present
response / action.
1. Large number of females in the
MMM – Meet – Match – Mentor “speed dating” event
pipeline (a) but little uptake of
mentoring opportunities (b)
(SA7, SA9, SA10, SA14)
Reference in
Measurable Outcome
application
GA-1.1
Increase in numbers of registered pairs
Accountability – Job Role (current
representative)
● WMS HR Manager (Graham Partridge)
● Communications Office (Claire
McDonald)
● Champion of scheme (Kate Seers)
GA-1.2
Individual contact of every postdoc Database with mentormentee relationships.
● Dean ● WMS HR Manager
(Graham Partridge)
2016
2017
2018
2019
GA-1.3
Annual event
First one planned:
Meet, Match and Mentoring Lunch June, 2016 from 12pm –
1.30pm
Annual one-day progress meeting of all PI’s providing
evidence of career progression of their employees
● LDC
● WSG Members
● WMS HR Manager
● WMS RCNRI Director
● LDC
● WMS HR Manager
Review applications, make recommendations on priorities
● WMS Chief Operating Officer
● WSG Members
● WMS HR Manager
● Head of Governance & Quality
● Professorial Teaching Fellow / Director
of Postgraduate Taught Programmes
(Olwyn Westwood)
● Postgraduate Student - Health Education
and Student staff liaison committee
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
Monitor career progression and promotion
GA-1.4
Establish a “mock” promotions committee
GA-1.5
Provide WSG support to teaching team and enhance student GA-2.1
participation in WSG
More topics on WSG agenda student-related
Integrate biomedical laboratory students with clinical
students and better connect hospital and main campus
Add question on integration to student satisfaction survey
Time-scales
2016
2017
2018
2019
2. Student flexibility and diversity
(SA1)
GA-2.2
● Principal Teaching Fellow
(Dan Mitchell)
● Judith Klein (JKS)
WSG Chair, Professor of Biomedicine and
Systems Biology
2016
2017
2018
2019
Progress Log
STRENGTHS: TOP 3 AREAS TO CELEBRATE AND BUILD UPON
Themes
3. Large number of relevant and
grass roots activities (AS, WAN,
WIN, ScienceGrrl, Health GRP,
ECR, ad hoc outreach, central uni):
(SA10, SA11, SA15, SA17)
Action/Initiative(s)
Reference in
application
Measurable Outcome
Accountability – Job Role (current
representative)
Time-scales
Progress Log
Enhance communication and collaboration:
·
Annual joint meeting.
·
Cross-member attendance.
·
Joint links from website.
Define roles and target audience for each group.
GA-3.1
Take active role in action plan design and implementation:
report of all groups at WSG
Communications
(Claire McDonald)
GA-3.2
Website Venn diagram
● Assistant Professor
(Meera Unnikrishnan)
● Head of Governance & Quality
Provide funding for ECR. Let ECR members compete for
funding.
GA-3.3
Funding approved and committed by SMG
● Dean
● WMS Chief Operating Officer
2016
2017
PI’s demonstrating they value the efforts by encouraging
GA-3.4
participation. Every PI must allow at least one person in
his/her lab to take on a non-traditional volunteering activity
(outreach, committee membership, organization, social
event)
WMS ambassador program (analogous to Stem-Net, register GA-3.5
one activity per year to remain certified).
Create database of names/activities
Technical Services Centre Manager
2016
2017
2018
2019
Website celebrating WMS ambassador status
Communications
(Claire McDonald)
AS promotion video on equality, diversity and inclusion (for
open days, schools, staff and students, parents)
GA-3.6
Video available on website
Communications
(Claire McDonald)
Collect gender split data on delivery and uptake of outreach
activities
GA-3.7
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
● Communications
(Claire McDonald)
● WMS HR Manager
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
STRENGTHS: OTHER AREAS TO CELEBRATE AND BUILD UPON:
Themes
4. Superb communications team
(SA17)
Action/Initiative(s)
AS external website for improved promotion and
transparency of AS work
Reference in
Measurable Outcome
application
GA-4.1
Larger website traffic
Accountability – Job Role (current
representative)
Communications
(Claire McDonald)
Publishing of outreach activities on website
GA-4.2
5. Large numbers of females in
senior administrative positions.
Offer shared leadership, good practices workshops.
GA-5
Evidence of national impact (e.g. workshop attendees)
● LDC
● WMS Chief Operating Officer
● WMS HR Manager
6. International initiatives
Monash workshop and collaboration
GA-6
Visit of at least one Warwick WMS person at equality and
diversity week in Monash
WMS WSG Members
7. Gender research
Investigate Glass cliff and glass ceiling phenomena
GA-7
Review existence at WMS
Year 1 - 2 - Review
Year 3 - Actions
Year 4 - Impact
8. Role model status
Visit Bronze and Silver Departments
GA-8
Visit Bronze and Silver Departments
● Associate Professor
(Rebecca Kearney )
● Research fellow
(Dispesh Mistry)
● WMS Chief Operating Officer
● WMS HR Manager
WMS WSG Members
Time-scales
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
2016
2017
2018
2019
Progress Log