Athena Swan in SHW
Support for career progression
Several of our Athena Swan working groups focus on supporting and promoting equality in career progression. We hold annual promotion and career advancement workshops for academic and professional services staff, and career progression discussions are part of everyone’s annual review.
SHW working groups
The activities of these Athena Swan working groups contribute to supporting our staff members' career progression:
- SHW Athena Swan career progression group
- SHW Athena Swan early career researcher group
- SHW Athena Swan mentorship group
- SHW Athena Swan professional services group
SHW training modules
To ensure that line managers have a thorough grasp of the underlying principles and administrative procedures relating to promotion and regrading within University of Glasgow (and apply them consistently), we have built two online training modules:
- Academic appointment and promotion: training module for line managers of research and teaching staff
- Career development for professional services (PS) staff: training module for line managers of PS staff
These are mandatory for line managers, with completion monitored via annual Performance and Development Reviews. However, anyone with an interest in the topic may access and complete, and we recommend them to all our staff.
SHW mentorship schemes
Any member of staff within our school may ask for a mentor, should they feel that this would help them in their current job, to prepare for possible future roles, or for general personal and professional growth:
- Research and teaching staff mentorship scheme
- Professional services staff mentorship scheme
- PhD student mentorship scheme
Other SHW resources
Other activities and initiatives aimed at supporting career progression include:
- Myths about promotion
A myth-busting document put together by the SHW Athena Swan career progression group which aims to address misconceptions about the UofG promotion process - Career journeys of professional services staff
Four past and present SHW professional services staff members share their career progression stories - SHW guidance on staff entitlement to personal and professional development time
Guidance for ECRs (grades 6 and 7) and professional services staff (up to and including grade 5) aimed at ensuring equality of opportunity to develop professional skills and gain experience relevant to both current roles and future aspirations - Understanding unconscious bias at interviews
We have recently piloted this scheme, which aims to improve recruitment practices by ensuring fairness and consistency within job interviews
Related University of Glasgow resources
- Researcher development
- The Glasgow professional
- Unconscious bias training [mandatory for SHW staff]
- Trade unions at University of Glasgow
Main University of Glasgow performance, pay and reward webpage
