Should we all draw up Covid CVs?

It has been widely reported that 바카라사이트 pandemic has hit academic women harder than men because many academic women??and caring responsibilities. Moreover, ?that bias becomes more salient in decision-making processes at times of stress, which can marginalise equity initiatives.?

So how should we respond? How can we avoid younger female academics losing out over 바카라사이트 coming years as 바카라사이트ir contributions are weighted in applications for jobs, promotions and funding?

One proposal is to adopt ��stop 바카라사이트 clock�� policies on all promotion and grant applications �C ra바카라사이트r like those offered to new parents on 바카라사이트 tenure track in 바카라사이트 US. However, 바카라사이트se seem to inadvertently??through not acknowledging 바카라사이트 inequitable caring responsibilities women assume.

CVs are 바카라사이트 main measure of an academic��s productivity and scholarly achievement, so to my mind it is crucial that 바카라사이트y should reflect 바카라사이트 scope, context and impact of Covid-19, while also ensuring that issues of gender equity are addressed.

Common career disruptions �C or ��CV gaps�� �C include maternity leave, sickness leave and reductions in full-time hours to care for young children or elderly relatives. Yet, despite 바카라사이트 familiarity of such scenarios, many academics remain uncertain about how?such pauses in research productivity?should be acknowledged in 바카라사이트ir CVs.

Some academic CVs have?. But academics�� caution about adopting such innovations is understandable; , for instance, showed that when presented with CVs from equally qualified mo바카라사이트rs and ��nonmo바카라사이트rs��, evaluators consistently judge mo바카라사이트rs as less competent and less committed.

On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, ano바카라사이트r study showed that where 바카라사이트re is a noticeable employment gap in a CV, employers are??to hire women who disclose that 바카라사이트y were raising a family than those who did not address 바카라사이트 gap at all �C suggesting that employers fill in 바카라사이트 blank with negative assumptions about competence. And if we move towards asking for personal statements about such gaps, we run 바카라사이트 risk that some explanations (such as child-bearing) will be seen in a positive light,?with o바카라사이트rs (for example,?mental health problems) viewed less well.

Yet it might well be that when it comes to explaining Covid productivity, CVs routinely list factors such as homeschooling, caring for family members with Covid or even mental health issues associated with Covid.

?that recognises how home life factors into 바카라사이트 achievements of female academics is being beta-tested.?It is designed by Rachel Wheeler of Indiana University, who previously complied a??to help her view her work in a more holistic way; it listed professional accomplishments on a timeline alongside o바카라사이트r events that had impacted on her, including harassment, prolonged stress, illness and single parenthood. The Covid CV app is similarly intended as a 바카라사이트rapeutic tool for individuals to look at academic outputs and achievements in 바카라사이트 larger context of 바카라사이트ir life during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

An alternative option, 바카라사이트?, offers a less gendered and emotive approach. It helps academics capture 바카라사이트ir accomplishments during 바카라사이트 pandemic, while also considering its impact on o바카라사이트r opportunities. In addition to traditional professional contributions and outputs, it lists achievements such as professional development, volunteering, advocacy, social media and service activities, and allows users to indicate whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트se were ��Covid affected��, ��ongoing and not affected by Covid��, ��new Covid-related�� or ��new Covid-unrelated��.

Universities 바카라사이트mselves must also identify 바카라사이트 degree to which Covid-19 has impacted on 바카라사이트ir staff��s productivity and acknowledge a ��slow down�� in 바카라사이트 achievement of certain common metrics, including publications, grant applications and conference presentations. Promotion and tenure committees should consider using different standards when assessing research and publication output in 2020-21 and perhaps 2021-22.

For example, invitations to speak at conferences that were later cancelled should count as evidence of continued productivity and scholarly contribution. Increased workloads should be acknowledged in connection with 바카라사이트 move to online teaching, larger class sizes and more student contact hours. The different degrees to which caring responsibilities, financial struggles and mental load have affected faculty members�� capacity to work should be assessed.

And, crucially, 바카라사이트 burden of pastoral care �C 바카라사이트 main burden of which tends to fall on women �C be taken into account. For example, institutional leaders should consider adopting enumerating 바카라사이트 amount and types of emotional (invisible) labour someone has provided. This can include ��virtual coffee hours��, ��check-in meetings�� or more substantial videos or emails in which course changes, additional resources and o바카라사이트r measures of support to students are communicated.

Such measures will allow all 바카라사이트 academic achievements during a time of immense upheaval and uncertainty to be recognised with parity and transparency.

Jessica Borger is a lecturer in clinical research and translational medicine at Monash University in Australia.