Inspiration and support
By women who work across the breadth of the higher education sector
Progressing your career - top tips
By Sarah John and Kate Hunter, Joint Heads of the UK Higher Education Practice at executive search firm Perrett Laver
It is fair to say that many of us spend more time planning a holiday than our careers. But, we’re almost certain that most of us spend far more time in our workplace than we do on the beach! As executive search consultants, we spend our professional lives...
Recalling a maiden in the Qin Dynasty like a grass leaf in a thousand-li distance
Recalling a maiden in the Qin Dynasty like a grass leaf in a thousand-li distance
In London,/ a multicultural city, lives a Chinese woman./ The Chinese woman enjoys her exploration in books and words here,/ like riding a horse on a boat./ In retrospect of the past decay,/ she cheers herself up with her dream of being an...
Overcoming the imposter phenomenon
By Ann-Marie Stephenson
WHEN volunteer
Case study: How Essex University eliminated its gender pay gap
By Opemipo Koshemani
WHEN volunteer
I attended the Women Higher Education Network (WHEN) 2019 conference on Thursday 20 June and it was a valuable experience. It was great to network with women from other Higher Education Institutions and attend the workshops focused on achieving gender equality in Higher Education. One of such workshops was a case study on how the University of Essex...
What can a professional services member of staff learn from listening to two highly successful academics share their career pathways?
Sitting in on an academic career pathway workshop at this year's WHEN conference might seem like an unusual choice for a professional services member of staff. But actually, we’ve all faced with similar choices in our careers and hearing the inspirational stories about how Karen found herself to be the Head of the Humanities Department at Oxford University, and how...
WHEN annual conference 2019: ''Who am I supposed to be?''
On 20 June 2019, WHEN held its second annual conference around the theme of exploring intersectional identities through our labels. This year, we welcomed over 100 women from over 20 different universities around the UK, who set about embarking on journeys of self-exploration as we all attempted to demystify...
Knowing your why - the most important part of starting a new business
An interview with Sneha Shah, founder and director of Curaty www.curaty.co
Curaty champions early career artists by curating intellectually engaging exhibitions of their artwork in inspiring workspaces across London, with a mission to democratise the art experience for all.
What led you to set up your own enterprise?
I studied in art school but as it was wrapping up...
How I see myself versus how others see me
How I see myself versus how others see me – Is it all about labels we receive or give, coming to know who we are or are supposed to be, or is it more about leveraging these labels to fight back against stereotypes?
By Dr Susi Poli
In a short survey run in recent months, we asked WHEN members to have a say on the common practice of labelling others at first sight, in the workplace and...
A celebration of International Women's Day 2019
By Clare Hewitt and Madiha Sajid
Monday morning is not usually a time when one feels enthused, inspired and ready to go out and make a real change in the world. But our group of 25 women, who had gathered for WHEN’s celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, were feeling all of that!
International Women’s Day (IWD) presents a unique opportunity for call-to-action...
How we sparked a new direction for our women’s network
By Kayleigh Woods Harley, the incumbent chair of the Birkbeck Astrea network.
Birkbeck Astrea is a grassroots professional development and networking initiative for professional services and administrative staff at Birkbeck, University of London who identify as women or transgender. It is run by nine facilitators from across the College, who for one year volunteer to plan and deliver six...