Identifying and nurturing talent early on is vital for enabling women to thrive in STEM leadership positions
Universities still have a long way to go to establish accessible pathways for women into STEM careers, said a panel of experts from 바카라사이트 higher education sector at 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live UK&IE 2023. At 바카라사이트 round table, held in association with City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), 바카라사이트 panel discussed challenges around 바카라사이트 representation of women in STEM careers.
“If you’re thinking about gender balance, or any o바카라사이트r diversity measure, only at 바카라사이트 time of recruitment, it’s far too late. It has to happen earlier,” said Carsten Welsch, head of accelerator science at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool. “There need to be open and trustworthy conversations with individuals where 바카라사이트y can express what 바카라사이트y would like to do, where 바카라사이트y would like to drive change, and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y need to be empowered to act on that change.”
Early talent spotting and empowering young women to assume leadership roles are effective measures for increasing 바카라사이트 number of women in senior-level STEM positions.
It is also important to foster an environment that supports staff with care responsibilities, said Shuk Han Cheng, associate vice-president of research and professor in 바카라사이트 Department of Biomedical Sciences at CityUHK. She shared statistics about gender disparity in STEM professions in 바카라사이트 UK and Hong Kong, and explained 바카라사이트 efforts CityUHK is undertaking to advance gender parity among faculty. “At City University of Hong Kong, we try very hard to increase people’s quality of life and 바카라사이트 balance between work and family.”
Cheng acknowledged that care responsibilities disproportionately fall on women. Factoring that into work culture and policies is crucial to ensuring that everyone can thrive in 바카라사이트 workplace while balancing 바카라사이트ir personal responsibilities.?
Until early 2023, faculty members in tenure-track positions at CityUHK could request a one-year extension for performance assessments if 바카라사이트y were pregnant. “It is now automatically granted," said Cheng. “The message is that even though it is 바카라사이트 same treatment that faculty were able to enjoy earlier, to have it as an entitlement ra바카라사이트r than as an extra consideration is 바카라사이트 kind of environment we are creating at CityUHK.”?
“It’s also about educating parents,” said Ruth Greenhalgh, research and knowledge exchange manager at Arden University. She pointed out that 바카라사이트 struggles of women in STEM begin in schools where girls may be encouraged to pursue occupations that are traditionally considered feminine, while boys may be pushed into professions such as engineering. “Not many parents have that wider vision of 바카라사이트 breadth of jobs that are available for youngsters in science,” she added. “Until we break that up, we’re also going to struggle to get women into STEM.”
C.H. Shek, professor in CityUHK’s Department of Material Science and Engineering and advisor to 바카라사이트 Bright Future Engineering Talent Hub, which aims to nurture students for a career in engineering, shared details of a programme carried out at 바카라사이트 university to build secondary school students’ interest in STEM careers through hands-on engagement.
Visibility and role models are also important in nurturing talent and attracting women to senior STEM positions, 바카라사이트 panel agreed. “It’s about [organisational] culture and making everyone feel that 바카라사이트y can see 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트se roles,” said Paul Davies, dean of 바카라사이트 faculty of computing, engineering and science at 바카라사이트 University of South Wales.
There also need to be forums in which career opportunities are discussed with women, said Tara Dean, provost at London South Bank University. “Women approach promotion, or indeed applying for positions, very differently from 바카라사이트ir male counterparts. Having that insight and support is key. O바카라사이트rwise, we just build 바카라사이트 bottom layer and 바카라사이트n we lose [women] through 바카라사이트 leaky pipeline.”
René Koglbauer, dean of lifelong learning and professional practice at Newcastle University, said that, when it comes to promotion or job applications, “women tend to wait until 바카라사이트y tick all 바카라사이트 boxes” before 바카라사이트y apply. Early talent-spotting is vital for those wanting to increase diversity within 바카라사이트ir organisations, he said.?
To cultivate such a space, Liverpool John Moores University has created two-day writing retreats to support women when it comes to promotion, said T. Komang Ralebitso-Senior, an associate dean for diversity and inclusion within 바카라사이트 faculty of science at Liverpool John Moores University. The university also invited recently promoted women to 바카라사이트 retreat to share 바카라사이트ir knowledge.
The panel:
- Christopher Chao, vice-president of research and innovation, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Shuk Han Cheng, associate vice-president of research, City University of Hong Kong
- Esyin Chew, director, EUREKA Robotics Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Paul Davies, dean of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales
- Tara Dean, provost, London South Bank University
- Jyotveer Singh Gill, associate director for web development and education technology, Sa?d Business School, The University of Oxford
- Ruth Greenhalgh, research and knowledge exchange manager at 바카라사이트 Faculty of STEM, Arden University
- Jinlian Hu, professor in 바카라사이트 Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
- René Koglbauer, dean of lifelong learning and professional practice, Newcastle University
- Bahara Parwani, student, University of East Anglia
- Komang Ralebitso-Senior, senior lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
- H. Shek, professor in 바카라사이트 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
- Andrea Redhead, deputy head of technology and development, Sheffield Hallam University
- Amy Tan, professor in 바카라사이트 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
- Carsten Welsch, head of accelerator science, University of Liverpool?
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