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SWAN Promotions Program

The SWAN Promotions Program helps women academics to create an application for promotion in a step-by-step way. The Promotion Program combines one-on-one mentorship and information and workshop sessions. Virtual meet-ups provide an opportunity to touch base, discuss issues, and answer questions related to promotions process at ºìõ¹åÉçÇø University. The program also provides resources to mentors and mentees, information about promotion applications, workshop and inspiring stories recordings.

Email: SWAN_Promotions@swinburne.edu.au

​SWAN Career Development Program​

The Career Development Program aims to create an accessible range of events and activities to empower a diverse group of women academics including HDR, sessional and all academic levels. The events include  informal catch-ups, face-to-face and online workshops and podcast series to build diversity in different career development stories. Timing and length of events alternate to cater for different women academic schedules.

The Career Development Program explores a range of different topics aimed to support career development, based on past feedback and co-design with women academics. Topics include:​

• planning your future​
  
• striking your balance​
  
• branding yourself​
  
• finding your voice​
  
• bold stories - podcasts​.
  
  

Email: SWAN_Development@swinburne.edu.au

SWAN Academic Carer Financial Assistance (AFCA) Program​

SWAN coordinates a financial assistance program to provide career support for research development to academics who experience a career interruption due to parental or carer responsibilities. The aim is to support gender parity among ºìõ¹åÉçÇø academics by providing financial support to academics whilst on parental or carers leave, or after returning to work following a period of parental or carers leave. â€‹

Application assessments

Applications are assessed by a selection committee established by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) based on: â€‹

• impact of this financial assistance in allowing the applicant to maintain or improve their research development
  
• expected outcomes to the applicant and the university resulting from the grant
  
• how the grant would support the needs of the parent or carer transitioning back into the workplace upon their return to work after a career interruption
  
• impact of this financial assistance in supporting currently enrolled PhD students to address career disruption.​
  
  

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WATTLE Program

The underrepresentation of women in senior levels of leadership in the university sector, both within academic and professional roles, continues to be an unresolved issue. WATTLE brings together women identified as potential leaders across the university sector to provide an intensive leadership and networking program.

The program is designed, and run, by female academic and professional staff in the university sector. The program is based on the highly successful New Zealand Universities Women in Leadership (NZUWIL) Programme. WATTLE is governed by a steering committee consisting of the four founding members and representatives from the participating universities, with an organising committee responsible for each individual program.

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