Academic Women's Forum

This website provides information about the AWF and its activities and includes information about the AWF listserv and resources and news that may be of interest to academic women.

Latest News

2008 Academic Wormen's Promotions Forum - Friday 11 April
Women in Research Forum - "Leading Lights and Shady Trackes" - 26 September 2007
AWF response to the discussion paper on the University of Adelaide's on new strategic plan
Career Development Event - "Forging a Research Career When the Going Gets Tough!" - Tuesday 16 October 2007
'Mastering the Juggling Act: Laboratory, Life and Leadership Roles' from the 2006 Women in Physiology and Pharmacology Mentoring Workshop - audio and powerpoint files are now posted online [external link]
Research Quality Framework website
Equity and Diversity website (includes a section on the GED Committee)
WPDN website (women professional staff at the University of Adelaide

Academic Women's Promotions Forum - Friday 11 April 2008

The Academic Women's Promotion Forum is an annual event intended to encourage academic women to apply for promotion. The focus of the sessions is to provide women with practical and strategic advice and information on preparing and writing a promotion application - whether they are applying in 2008 or in the future.

The first session will be guest speakers who will provide information on key requirements of the Promotions Policy and a panel of academic women who have experienced the promotions process.

Date:	Friday 11 April 2008, 2.00pm-4.30pm
Venue:	106 Basten Room, Mitchell Building, North Tce
Attendance:	The workshop is open to academic women at all classification levels considering promotion. There will be speakers that can address questions regarding each classification level. Please RSVP to Kirsty Campbell by Monday 7 April 2008
Program:	The final program is available here. Speakers at the Forum will include: Professor Pascale Quester, Executive Dean, Faculty of Professions Jacqui Stockley, Manager Employee Relations HR Ursula McGowan, Deputy Director CPLD The panel will be facilitated by Professor Martha Augoustinos and will include speakers: Professor Barbara Santich Associate Professor Christine Feinle-Bisset Dr Wendy Lacey

Updates - 2007

Women in Research Project - project team selected

'Women in Research' Project

A Chief Investigator and project team to conduct 'Women in Research Project' has been selected. The team will be headed by Associate Professor Amanda LeCouteur and Professor Martha Augoustinos and include Ms Shona Crabb from the School of Psychology. The AWF received a number of expressions of interest relating to project and those staff may be involved in the project in an advisory and support capacity.

For further information about the project please contact Professor Martha Augoustinos.

Background

The Vice Chancellor allocated $36,500 from his discretionary fund to conduct research on the structural impediments to maximizing the research output of academic women at this university, particularly in the context of the RQF framework. The final report from the project will include recommendations for enhancing academic women’s research outcomes.