Over the last five years we have made a number of changes to our Recruitment and Selection procedures with the aim of facilitating more diversity in our faculty, for the benefit of everyone – and of course our teaching and research!
Category: Support for my career
Mentoring, buddying and shadowing for staff
Across the Faculty we encourage staff to engage in mentoring, whether as a mentor or a mentee.
… Read moreSupporting staff returning from Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental, Adoption and Compassionate/Dependents leave
Guidance for line managers –staff returning from Maternity+ Leave (including maternity, extended paternity, shared parental, adoption and compassionate/dependents leave) during the Covid-19 period and as we transition out of it
Guidance for line managers:If you manage a member of staff who is returning from Maternity+ Leave (a term which includes extended paternity, shared parental, adoption, and compassionate or dependents leave), there are a number of actions you should undertake to support them.… Read more
A unique personal story – Hind Saidani-Scott
A unique personal story – Dr Hind Saidani-Scott
“I was so thrilled to discover the Women in Engineering society – their professionalism, attitude and friendship.”
Dr Hind Saidani-Scott has been in the Mechanical Engineering department for over thirty years.… Read more
Support for my career – Edmund Harbord
Support for my career – Edmund Harbord
“I was advised to focus on getting one thing done every single day – it was the best piece of advice anyone has ever given me in my career.”
Dr Edmund Harbord is a Lecturer in Optical Communications & Networks within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and part of the Photonics research group.… Read more
Support for my career – Shams Rahman
Support for my career – Shams Rahman
“Have patience. People may be ‘brilliant’ but everyone has to learn, and that will take time.”
A S M Mostaquimur Rahman – aka Shams to his friends and colleagues – is a lecturer in Civil Engineering, specialising in Water and Environmental Engineering.… Read more
Job sharing – Ann Gaitonde
Flexible working: Ann Gaitonde
“You’ve both got to want that balance, and to have similar ambitions… and it depends on having the right people above you to make a job share happen.”
Dr Ann Gaitonde is an Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, and joint Head of the Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Group.… Read more
Supporting others – Thorsten Wagener
Supporting others – Thorsten Wagener
“We get academics to think about the key contributions they want to make….… Read more
Flexible working: Anne Roudaut
Flexible working: Anne Roudaut
“Your brain is your main tool: you need to rest it. Having kids has forced me to do less, to rest my brain and so made me more creative and more efficient.”
Dr.… Read more