Pathways to Careers & Promotion
The ‘Pathways to Careers and Promotion’ program for academic women was piloted in 2004 and has since been offered in 2005 and 2007. It comprises two half-day workshops which are developed and delivered by a group of some ten senior academic women in conjunction with the Employment Equity & Diversity Officer.
The program aim is to provide an insight into the promotion process, an opportunity for women to share successful strategies for managing an academic career, and to assist applicants identify gaps in their own career profile and plan for redressing them. The workshops also provide an opportunity for academic women from different disciplines to meet together and establish links with senior academic women.
This program:
• develops a peer support and discussion network for women academics preparing for promotion,
• raises awareness of the importance of early implementation of time-line strategies needed to successfully combine academic promotion application preparation with work and family commitments, and
• provides opportunities for lower level academic women to form mentoring relationships and networks with senior academic women.
Some comments on the workshops - what was helpful?
• …I got extremely important strategies for work and research... Her strategies will be my mottos…
• Narratives of personal and professional experiences of others.
• People involved as speakers and participants and their expertise and excellent communication skills.
• Very specific, explicit advice on putting applications together.
• How to shape applications. Developing your portfolio.
• Hearing other people's stories, how did they get to where they are now, and tips for doing the same.
• Openness of most speakers and passion for support and development of fellow professionals.
• Networking, putting together applications for promotion.
• The second day, practical tips on application. Also … practical strategies for writing. [Guest speaker] Professor Colleen Chesterman.
• Listening to other people's experiences. Good having written handouts.
• Personal stories, time to attend to this important area of career development.
UNE News & Events
Women support each other on academic pathways (25 June 2007)
Employment Equity & Diversity
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email equity@une.edu.au