Accelerate career progression at your university
Expert-led programmes that help individuals to progress and universities deliver on their commitments.
Your university is full of talented staff with the ambition and ability to progress. But talent and ambition alone aren't always enough. WHEN works with universities to create the conditions for women and under represented staff groups to progress, combining specialist career development, practical progression insight and institutional action. Whether you want to help staff to explore their aspirations, accelerate career progression or address persistent inequalities in representation, we can help.
Career
Aspirations
Help individuals recognise what's possible.
A one day programme that helps staff explore their ambitions, understand their strengths and take ownership of their career direction.
Career
Accelerator
Turn ambition into action.
An immersive two-day programme helping staff develop a clear career strategy, navigate barriers and take practical steps towards progression.
Career
Reformer
Make space for a different career future.
An immersive three-day residential combining personalised progression insight, expert facilitation and peer learning to help participants reflect, refocus and take meaningful action.
100 NOW
Series
Change representation. Change the system.
National initiatives bringing women and universities together to accelerate progression and tackle the systemic barriers holding women back.
What makes WHEN different
We don't just help individuals prepare for progression. We work with universities to create the conditions that make progression possible. Our approach combines three complementary models:
3S
Systemic Change Model
Specific. Systemic. Sustainable.
We move beyond broad commitments to identify the changes that will make a measurable difference — addressing institutional barriers and embedding progress that lasts.
5C
Conditions for Progression
Context. Community. Clarity. Confidence. Choices.
We help individuals understand what is shaping their progression, recognise their opportunities and take meaningful action, while making visible the conditions institutions need to change.
GE
Growth Environment
The conditions for courageous action.
Our expertly facilitated experiences create space for reflection, honest conversations and collective insight, helping participants and leaders move from understanding to action.
Our approach is supported by specialist tools, including the Progression Scorecard™, which makes progression requirements more transparent and helps individuals identify their strengths, opportunities and priorities for action.
University of Leeds | 100 Black Women Professors NOW
Progress you can see. Change you can measure.
Our partnership with the University of Leeds shows what's possible when career development and institutional action go hand in hand. And the change goes beyond individual promotions. The partnership has supported new institutional progression measures, greater visibility for Black women academics and networks created by programme alumnae.
76%
Promoted
Of academic participants in the Leeds 100 Black Women Professors NOW cohorts.
3
New Professors
Black women academics progressed to professorships at Leeds.
5
Years of partnership
Working together on career progression and institutional change.
What university leaders say
“The programme is sector-leading and cutting-edge.”
It's about changing the system, not 'fixing' the women.
Adèle MacKinlay
Director of People and OD, University of Manchester (at the time of the testimonial)
Let's talk about what your university wants to achieve.
Whether you want to accelerate career progression, strengthen your leadership pipeline or tackle persistent inequalities in representation, we'll help you identify the right intervention.
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