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Wins of the Month

Enhancing the promotion process at USC

In 2019, the University of the Sunshine Coast piloted school-based advisory committees to support all candidates who are applying for promotion and encourage those who may not have otherwise applied.

The pilot received positive feedback and increased the proportion of promotion applications from STEMM women from 29% to 62%.

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Period Positivity at Monash

To improve access to sanitary products and destigmatise menstruation, Monash University has installed dispensers providing free pads and tampons in 30 bathrooms across their Australian campuses. 

Staff and students have praised the initiative, saying it made them feel like the university cares. Importantly, Period Positivity has also started conversations around period poverty, an issue which many people were not aware of.

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Recent webinars

Targeted recruitment for gender equity: a case study

In 2016, the University of Melbourne advertised several academic positions where only women were eligible to apply. This initiative was so successful in attracting high calibre women applicants that the university ended up recruiting more women than they originally targeted.

In this webinar, we hear about the rationale behind this strategy, its allowance under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010, different recruitment approaches employed, challenges and lessons learned.
Click to watch the SAGE webinar "Targeted recruitment for gender equity" (opens in new window).

What is systemic change?

Have you wondered what the difference is between fixing systems and fixing people (or how to explain it to someone else)? Check out our Guidance on Systemic Change for the SAGE Athena Swan Accreditation Pathway [PDF 951 kB] – now available in video form!
Click to play video "Systemic change in the Athena Swan pathway" (opens in new window).

FAQs about applying for SAGE Cygnet Awards

Over the last year, we’ve met with (almost) every SAGE Institution to talk about the Cygnet process. There are five key themes that have come up again and again: 

  • What do we mean by Barriers?
  • What about the Bronze Action Plan?
  • Intersectionality – help!
  • What’s the difference between outputs, outcomes and impact?
  • Uhm, COVID

We’ve put together this video to address some of those themes. It might help answer some of your questions, or help you help others in your Institution.

How to decolonise the undergraduate chemistry curriculum
Discussions on decolonising the curriculum are common in Humanities and Social Science Faculties but still rare in the Physical Sciences. Read how the University of York’s Chemistry department – an Athena Swan Gold Award holder since 2007 – is developing a curriculum that better includes global voices and reflects on historical biases.

Hybrid work can be inclusive or exclusive. How do we make it work?
By testing, learning and adapting, that’s how. This guide shows employers how to develop team culture and performance management, recruitment and reward practices for inclusive hybrid work environments.

American universities adopt new principles on preventing sexual harassment in academia
The principles will make it harder for accused sexual harassers to move from one university to another. Participating institutions agreed to check job applicants’ history of sexual misconduct and share substantiated findings of sexual misconduct with prospective employers.

Check out IncludeAbility’s resources for employers
Need help increasing your disability confidence? Their free, easy-to-use guides will walk you through how to make your recruitment processes, events and communications accessible and inclusive for everyone.
Screenshot of webpage showing six of IncludeAbility’s guides: Creating an accessible and inclusive workplace; customising a job for a person with disability; establishing a disability employee network; creating accessible and inclusive communications; hosting accessible and inclusive in-person meetings and events; hosting accessible and inclusive online meetings and events.
IncludeAbility's range of employer resources.

Reminder: No Capacity Building newsletter next month


We’ll be back in January with more great content. In the meantime, you can always revisit our archive on the Members Portal. Thanks again to all our readers and contributors for a great year of capacity building!
If you agree that we need more diversity in awards, you can help by nominating a diverse list of people for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science.

Let’s make sure that scientists and educators of all genders, cultural backgrounds and sexualities, who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, and those with disabilities are well-represented in the pool so they can get the recognition they deserve. Nominations close 5:00 pm AEDT 10 February 2022.

How to nominate >>
Think Difference. Associate Professor Cai Wilkinson explains why a 50:50 target isn't enough to achieve gender equity. Click to listen now.
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