Details of Activity
The Medical School was conscious to increase the number of female professors it employed and aimed to achieve this through the inclusion of female profiles in the recruitment campaign for the expansion of the School's professoriate, in order to further encourage applications from potential female candidates. The School used the national average as a target. Furthermore, all recruitment packs included Athena Swan statements on equal opportunities, to highlight the School's inclusive culture.
Outcomes
Within the small professoriate in 2013, of 25 Associate and Full Professors, 36% were female compared with 31% in 2010/11. The rise of female professors to 36%, was above and beyond the initial target of the national average, achieved predominantly though the internal promotion of existing female staff.