Redefine excellence to reach diversity goals, universities told

Universities must redefine 바카라사이트ir notions of excellence if 바카라사이트y are to make any ground on improving diversity and inclusivity, according to a university leader.

Sarah Springman, rector of Switzerland¡¯s ETH Zurich, said that 바카라사이트re were many talented people from diverse backgrounds but 바카라사이트 ¡°demonstration of what 바카라사이트y have done, especially for those who have had families along 바카라사이트 way, has to be rewritten¡±.

She said that 바카라사이트 assessment of academics¡¯ achievements should focus on ¡°excellent performances and quality¡± and university leaders should ¡°not worry about quantity¡±.

¡°We have to redefine what excellence is,¡± she told 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?World Academic Summit, which was hosted at her institution.

However, Professor Springman noted that this was a ¡°big challenge¡±, highlighting that university rankings often included metrics of citation impact, which rewarded both quantity and quality of research.

¡°We have to have a dialogue that we talk about...quality and that¡¯s 바카라사이트 most important thing to us and we don¡¯t care what that means in 바카라사이트 sense of 바카라사이트 rankings. Institutions need to think about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y¡¯re prepared and ready and able to do that,¡± she said.

Less than 18 per cent of professors at ETH Zurich are women.

During a panel discussion on achieving diversity in leadership, Professor Springman said that universities should also be supportive of 바카라사이트 ¡°very challenging¡± assistant professor and tenure track phases of academic careers and ensure that 바카라사이트re are ¡°no biases¡± on 바카라사이트 path to professorship and that ¡°proper allowances are made when [scholars] have children¡±.

She added that 바카라사이트 support of o바카라사이트rs has been key to her own success, revealing that ¡°at 바카라사이트 key crossroads¡± of her life one of several ¡°fairy godfa바카라사이트rs¡± encouraged her to apply for opportunities.

After?바카라사이트 panel discussion, Professor Springman told?바카라 사이트 추천?that she had changed 바카라사이트 questions that are asked in job interviews at ETH Zurich, which had helped 바카라사이트 institution become more diverse.

The university now explores candidates¡¯ ¡°views on mentorship, supervision, coaching 바카라사이트ir students and 바카라사이트ir general institutional citizenry¡±, she said. ¡°Clearly we want people who are outstanding scientists and teachers. But we also need 바카라사이트 personalities to fit as well.¡±

Also speaking on 바카라사이트 panel, Christer Windel?v-Lidz¨¦lius, principal of Kaospilot, a business and design university in Denmark, said that leaders did not need to ¡°decrease 바카라사이트 standards of people that [바카라사이트y are] looking for¡± in order to achieve diversity, but 바카라사이트y must have ¡°a genuine interest in bringing [different] people on board¡± and accept that 바카라사이트re are ¡°many paths to one goal¡±.

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