The QMUL IEEE Women in Engineering & IEEE Student Branch Committee presents an evening for all the undergraduate and postgraduate students to get involved in IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronic) activities at QMUL. We have a zestful IEEE student
BBC Radio 4: Dr Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington speaks following her Equality Tribunal Success
BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour’s Jenni interviews Dr Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington, grandaughter of Irish suffragette Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, following her Equality Tribunal Success. Dr. Sheehy-Skeffington speaks about why she chose to pursue the case against the National University of Ireland, Galway,
Michelle Ryan: Women Singled Out for Inferior Positions?
Reasons for the glass cliff as given by women vs. men (Ryan, Haslam & Postmes 2007). Today’s talk by Professor Michelle Ryan of the University of Exeter at the Fogg Lecture Theatre on the glass cliff led to the following
SBCS@QMUL presents an Athena SWAN Seminar by Professor Michelle Ryan
From The Glass Cliff project website (psychology.exeter.ac.uk/research/glasscliff): “Extending the metaphor of the glass ceiling, the glass cliff describes the phenomenon whereby individuals belonging to particular groups are more likely to be found in leadership positions that are associated with a
IrishTimes: Gender Discrimination in Academic Promotion at NIU Galway
The National University of Ireland, Galway, is ordered to promote a lecturer overlooked over gender following a tribunal that found that “while on paper the promotion appeared to be a fair process based on definitive criteria, in practice it fell
BBC News: Women Play Increasingly Powerful Roles at UN
Nick Bryant of BBC News New York writes: “Long an all-male enclave, the UN Security Council now has a record number of women. Does that influence how diplomacy gets done at the highest levels?” “I think we listen well …
NYTimes: Vigilant Eye on Gender Pay Gap
Illustration of the gender pay gap by Robert Neubeckerin the NYTimes (14 Nov 2014) article:“Vigilant Eye on Gender Pay Gap“ Follow link to see a New York Times article that advocates for thoughtful fixes to the gender pay gap: “Vigilant
NYTimes: Executive Women Finding and Owning Their Own Voice
Richardson-Heron, Napier, Miller, and Ming—four women interviewed in NYTimes (13 Nov 2014) article“Executive Women, Finding (and Owning) Their Voice“ In a New York Times article posted on 13 November 2014, Adam Bryant interviews four executive women—Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., Chief executive
NYTimes Video: The Metrics of Success
Jody Greenstone Miller, chief executive of the Business Talent Group, speaks on flexible work environments—www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000003229855/corner-office-the-metrics-of-success.html.
NYTimes Video: Leading to the Goal Line
Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., C.E.O. of Y.W.C.A. USA, speaks on setting expectations of leadership to Adam Bryant and Blaine Novak—www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000003229913/corner-office-leading-to-the-goal-line.html.