While gender has been on the agenda in HE for many years, the nature and focus of the conversation is expanding. Long-standing issues such as the under-representation of women in STEM subjects and in senior leadership, sexual harassment, and the need to support pregnancy, maternity and caring responsibilities continue to require attention. And they are joined by newer areas of enquiry including considerations about gender and inclusion, intersectionality, connections and tensions between sex-based and gender-inclusive rights, and the place of gender in learning and teaching, and in models of leadership.
Advance HE’s Gender in HE Conference is an opportunity to explore this growing agenda, consider the implications for HE institutions and reflect on the practical steps they can take to navigate its complexity. Keynote speakers and interactive sessions will cover a range of topics including:
- Gender and the inclusive curriculum
- Challenging gender barriers in leadership thinking and practice
- Gender and inclusive student support
- Gender and sex: navigating definitions, rights, tensions and commonalities
Join the conversation at #GenderHEConf22
Date: 16 June 2022
Location: thestudio, Birmingham
Who: Individuals who are championing gender equality and women who are seeking to develop their careers in more senior roles within HE
Programme
09:30 Registration and Refreshments
10:00 Welcome
10:05 Keynote: Global issues and challenges for gender equality in higher education
Helen Mott, Research Consultant and Author of British Council report Gender Equality in HE: Maximising Impacts
10.25 Keynote: Ain’t I a woman? - Intersectionality in gender equality
Lindy-Ann Blaize Alfred, Senior Advisor EDI, Advance HE
10:45 Keynote Q&A
11.00 Break
11.15 Unconference (Bar Camp) Session
Full details to be circulate to delegates before the conference, seeded topics to include:
- Integrating gender into research and innovation with a specific focus on the Gender Equality Plan
12:15 Lunch
13.15 Workshops:
Workshop 1
Conversations about sex and gender: creating space for safe disagreement and challenge
Dr Flora Renz, Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Sexuality, Race and Gender Justice, University of Kent
Workshop 2
Where are we going with the gender pay gap?
14:10 Break
14.20 Workshops:
Workshop 3
Tackling gender inequality through global partnerships
Sally Baden, Senior Adviser (Equality Charters), Advance HE and Dr Hannah Bartlett, Reader, Aston University
Workshop 4
Challenging gender binaries in leadership thinking and practice
Cindy Vallance, Assistant Director (KID), Advance HE
15.15 Panel Discussion: Defining sex and gender: responding to the challenges of categorisation
David Bass, Associate Director EDI, Advance HE
Speakers to be confirmed
16:15 Close
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