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Sue Couling

Sue Couling. The Department of Chemistry. The University awards Departmental key targets Implementation and Benefits. The Department of Chemistry. Commitment and action at all levels of the organisation Changing cultures and attitudes across the organisation

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Sue Couling

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  1. Sue Couling The Department of Chemistry

  2. The University awards Departmental key targets Implementation and Benefits The Department of Chemistry

  3. Commitment and action at all levels of the organisation • Changing cultures and attitudes across the organisation • Diversity at management and policy-making levels   • The high loss rate of women in science • Short-term contracts   • The transition from PhD into a sustainable academic career Athena SWAN Principles The Department of Chemistry

  4. University of York: Bronze Award 2006, 2009 Department of Chemistry: Gold Award 2007, 2010 Biology, Psychology, Physics, Computer Science Driven by Research Policy - to retain the best The Department of Chemistry

  5. Department of Chemistry Key Targets from 2007: To increase proportion of senior female staff To attain gender parity in undergraduate students The Department of Chemistry

  6. Key Target: To increase the proportion of female senior staff 69% female chemistry academics are now on senior grades The Department of Chemistry

  7. Key Target: To increase the proportion of female senior staff Increase Female Applications Women on all interview panels Identify potential women candidates and encourage them to apply Visible Family Friendly Policy Examples of successful different academic career path ways The Department of Chemistry

  8. Key Target: To increase the proportion of female senior staff Increase Female Promotions Promotion seminars Identify potential women candidates and encourage them to apply Statistics monitored by Head of Department The Department of Chemistry

  9. Key Target: To attain gender parity in undergraduate students 2007: 39% of undergraduates were female 2010: 44% of new intake is female (46% in 2011) The Department of Chemistry

  10. Key Target: To attain gender parity in undergraduate students Improve marketing materials Welcoming environment Visible female staff on application days Positive images The Department of Chemistry

  11. Implementing Athena SWAN Good practice benefits all staff and students. Bad practice adversely affects women’s careers more than men’s. The best departments don’t target measures specifically at women. Good practice is about processes that are fair, flexible, accessible and transparent to all. Good practice departments attract and retain women better than other departments The Department of Chemistry

  12. Implementing Athena SWAN There is no evidence that good practice affects scientific excellence. In contrast,the detrimental effects of bad practice are incremental. Young men and women with families have different expectations from their older colleagues. The careers of younger staff cannot thrive unless the working culture reflects the reality of dual career partnerships. The Department of Chemistry

  13. Implementing Athena SWAN "The Department has always been supportive of flexible working which has been of enormous help in my career. While I was on maternity leave, a post-doctoral research assistant helped keep up my research activities." - Professor Lucy Carpenter The Department of Chemistry

  14. Implementing Athena SWAN • Leadership from the top is critical. • Successful action is based on good planning. The Department of Chemistry

  15. Benefits of Athena SWAN • Stimulated us to: • Think regularly about diversity • Take a “round-table” view • Be self critical • Keep thinking of new things • Able to quickly recognise and respond to new challenges The Department of Chemistry

  16. Benefits of Athena SWAN Influenced University at top level and other departments Considerable impact outside York eg: Talks across UK and Europe, GeCo, Integer Ambassadors, Prages RSC Reports Membership of: Athena Swan Steering committee Membership of judging panels RSC Diversity Committee The Department of Chemistry

  17. Many of the changes in practices and procedures that have been successfully introduced were not expensive, but required understanding and planning. In retrospect, the changes now seem simple and make common sense to those who made them, ‘they are just ‘how we do things round here’. The Department of Chemistry

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