Seminar 1: In Conversation with… Prof Dawn Edge - Embracing Equity Dawn Edge is Professor of Mental Health and Inclusivity at the University of Manchester Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion on ‘race’, religion, and belief. She is the University of...
Category: Work life balance
We Are All Storytellers…
Writing and wellbeing workshops provide boost for staff We Are All Storytellers, a pilot wellbeing initiative for University of Manchester staff, has received outstanding feedback from participants. Run by the School of Health Sciences, a mixed cohort of 21 staff,...
The Contribution of Women across the Lifespan in the Covid-19 Crisis
During March 2022 we have been hosting a series of inspirational weekly lunchtime speakers. The theme of the talks is The Contribution of Women across the Lifespan in the Covid-19 Crisis. The series started with Dr Elaine Dewhurst (University of Manchester) and Dr...
Celebrating Women #BreakTheBias
To celebrate International Women’s Day the School of Health Sciences Athena Swan committee have organised a month of celebrations to highlight the contributions of women during the Covid-19 pandemic. We started off with our excellent speaker on 9th March - Dr Pragya...
Where are UK Higher Education Institutions with Shared Parental Leave and Breastfeeding?
Family friendly rights, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), seem to be at the top of the agenda in most universities. Key departments in universities responsible for ensuring that the family friendly rights support the needs of working parents are the human...
The School of Health Sciences Covid-19 staff survey results: five things we learned about working in lockdown
Back in April 2020, the School of Health Sciences (SHS) Athena Swan team launched a survey to understand more about how staff experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, the AS team wanted to understand what practices were seen as helpful and unhelpful, and to...
E-mail and Zoom advice during COVID-19 time
Latest advice on Zoom meetings and e-mails from our Dean, Graham Lord. Zoom meetings: No Zoom meetings on Fridays to free up time to progress other work No Zoom meetings between noon and one o’clock to give colleagues a clear window for a lunch break Zoom meetings...
Wellbeing Resources to support you during COVID-19
Once it became clear that our current version of the world was about to change significantly, there was an urge and sense of social responsibility as a clinical psychologist and academic in the University to be useful during this time. Deciding to collate and share...
Tell us about your challenges and successes during COVID-19 pandemic
As a School we would like to better understand thechallenges and successes, which have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic so that we can learn from them for the future. We would appreciate if you could please take a few minutes to share your experiences with us...
Women in Academia Support Network (WISAN)
The inception of the Women in Academia Support Network (WIASN), started as a group of six friends and has now become a network with over 11,000 members in more than 60 countries . Founder of WIASN Amy Bonsall attended a School of Health Sciences (SHS) Athena SWAN...
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