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Objective 5: To consider how we improve promotion success rates for female academics

Key performance indicator(s)

To improve the gender profile in relation to female academics at Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professorial level.

Academic Promotion Working Group was launched (2010). The Group seek to identify barriers and support the academic promotion process.
Presentation Skills Workshop held to support female academics at interview stage (2010/11).
Women’s Network Equality Group re-launched (Spring 2012).
Established the Athena Swan Award Project Group (2012) to support the promotion of female academics in SET.
Appointment of a new female Vice Chancellor (2012/13) (A role model for all women at Brunel).

A low level of senior female academic promotion is a sector wide issue.
Published data suggests that women do not promote themselves as much as men in recruitment and promotion procedures.

Continually review the promotion process.
Seek to identify further opportunities to support female academics in the promotion process.
Improve data analysis to centrally record number of applications/rejections at School and Promotion Panel level.
Establish ways to identify any potential barriers that are preventing female academics being promoted into senior academic posts and seek to identify methods to remove the barriers.
Submit an application for the Athena Swan Bronze Award (2012) and continue to implement actions identified in the application.
Consult with female academics and other relevant parties to identify positive action steps.