Details of Activity
Initiatives were set out to increase the number of women in senior positions, after the department recognised that there was a gender imbalance at senior level. Actions included setting up a sub-committee in order to encourage potential female candidates to apply for senior clinical and non-clinical positions, as well as the promotion of seven female researchers. The sub-committee was responsible for contacting potential female candidates to invite them to apply for future posts, as well as providing application support for internal staff applying for promotions.
Outcomes
As a result of these initiatives, over half of staff (51%) agreed that women were well represented at senior level in 2013, compared to 32% of staff in the 2012 staff survey. Two clinical female professors were appointed during 2013, alongside the appointment of a female public health doctor who took on a senior role as the Director of the Health Experiences Institute.