Undergraduate Working Group
Leader: Margaret Cunningham
Contributors: Geoff Coxon, Callum Wilson, and RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel
Role:
- Promote professional societies and careers events for undergraduates
- Develop and review the SIPBS questionnaires for undergraduate students
- Increase awareness of Equality & Diversity matters amongst the undergraduate student population
Postgraduate Working Group
Leader: TBC
Contributors: Ben Pickard, Lina Akil, Ruangelie Edrada-Ebel, Martin Wiese, David Breen, Isma Ahmed.
Role:
- Understand and support the distinct needs and wishes of the PGT and PGR communities
- Promote networking and environment within the postgraduate student community
- Support and promote postgraduate-led symposia in SIPBS
- Promote professional societies and careers events for postgraduates
- Increase awareness of Equality & Diversity matters among postgraduate students
Staff Working Group
Leader: Dr Margaret Cunningham
Contributors: Lynne Kernweiss and Callum Wilson
Role:
- Review recruitment/induction/ADR/promotion procedures
- Promote available internal and external training courses to support career progression
- Promote mentoring to all categories of staff
- Promote the SIPBS Athena SWAN Award for researchers (support provided for conference, training, childcare)
- Review organisational matters related to staff (e.g. core hours, workload, return to work after a break)
- Develop and review the SIPBS questionnaires for staff
- Contribute to the development and refinement of the WorkLoad Model (WLM)
Organisational Culture & Communication Working Group
Leader: Dr Veronique Seidel (Senior Lecturer)
Contributors: Prof Robin Plevin, (Head of Institute), Ian Thompson (SIPBS Head of IT), Linda Horan (Technician, Biological Protection Unit Manager)
Role:
- Support and promote social and networking activities in SIPBS to reflect diversity
- Organise an annual SIPBS Athena SWAN seminar
- Develop and review the SIPBS Athena SWAN webpage
- Promote the visibility of role models/success stories
- Increase awareness of Equality & Diversity matters amongst all categories of staff
Data Management Working Group
Leader: Steven Ford
Contributors: Fiona Murphy and Tanja Mueller
Role:
- Monitor gender balance and ethnicity of undergraduates, postgraduates and staff regarding Athena SWAN related issues (e.g recruitment, promotion, access to training, and mentoring)