Project description | Project lead | Amount granted | Project status |
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The Returning Carers' Fund: a University-wide grants scheme to support the return to research of individuals who have taken a break for maternity or other caring responsibilities | Divisional Offices/ EDU | £400,000 |
A review of in 2016 showed that it was successful in meeting its goals, and was established on a permanent basis. |
A series of high profile lectures by women outstanding in their field. | Dr Rebecca Surender (PVC Diversity) | £24,000 | The lecture series was launched in February 2016. Visit the Women of Achievement webpage for more information. |
An online repository of the experiences of women in science at Oxford |
Professor Sue Ziebland (Primary Care Health Sciences) and Chris Price (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) |
£69,008 |
The website was launched in April 2016. |
A ‘Women in Mathematics’ event in collaboration with the London Mathematical Society |
Professor Frances Kirwan (Mathematical Institute), Professor Alison Etheridge (Department of Statistics) and Professor David Gavaghan (Department of Computer Science) |
£20,000 |
The event took place in April 2015. A second two-day conference for school girls was held in January 2016 following this successful pilot. |
The diversification of the portraiture in Wellington Square and the Exam Schools |
Trudy Coe (EDU) |
£47,000 |
The Portraits now hang in the Exams School, for more information on the project visit the Diversifying Portraiture website |
University-wide provision of personal development training for female research staff, on the lines of the current Springboard women’s development programme |
Professor Ros Ballaster (University Skills Group) |
£33,221 |
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Research projects in MSD and SSD to identify the cultural barriers to the progression of women |
Professor Mary Daly and Stephen Conway (SSD Divisional Office) |
£77,410 |
Surveys were conducted across the two divisions and results disseminated through a series of workshops. SSD has developed a divisional action plan in response to findings from the survey and a follow-on piece of qualitative research. |
A post to support the development of the University’s application to the Race Equality Charter Mark |
Emma Potts (AAD) |
£52,871 |
The postholder is in place and the University was awarded a Bronze Race Equality Charter Mark award in 2017. |
The creation of a number of Daphne Jackson Fellowships and related communications to promote the possibilities for part-time working in research posts |
Professor Stu West (Zoology) |
£84,000 |
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A UK Women in Physics Intercollegiate Conference for undergraduate Physics students, closely modelled on a successful US initiative |
Professor Daniela Bortoletto (Physics) |
£27,000 |
The event took place in March 2015. A second event was run in March 2016 following the success of the pilot. |
A flagship event on women in science to be held as part of the 2014 Co-Education Celebrations |
Christine Fairchild (Alumni Office) |
£1,900 |
The event took place in November 2014. |
A conference on 'Gender and Ethics in the Philosophy Profession' |
Dr Paul Lodge (Philosophy) |
£5,400 |
The event took place in June 2015. A number of initiatives within departments and the profession more generally have arisen as a result. |
Support to the OxFEST conference 'Postcards from the Future: Rewriting the Script for Women in STEM' |
Anna Muszkiewicz and Ronja Woloszczuk (OxFEST) |
£1,600 |
The event took place in March 2015. |
Race and the curriculum in Oxford: a series of events to support diversification of the curriculum in terms of racial and ethnic perspectives |
Philippa O'Connor (Education Policy Support) |
£17,800 |
The lectures took place. |
A project to integrate LGBT history into the curriculum |
Professor Dan Healey (History) |
£1,450 |
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A series of public engagement events and installations to link in with the TORCH Headline Series 2017 on Diversity |
Professor Elleke Boehmer and Victoria McGuinness (TORCH) |
£50,000 |
TORCH headline series Humanities & Identities 2016-18 |
Parents for STEM futures |
Daisy Hung (MPLS Divisional Office) |
£10,000 |
Read more at the Just add imagination webpage |
An online resource on the experiences of disabled staff members |
Caroline Moughton (EDU) and Dr Sara Ryan (Primary Care Health Sciences) |
£50,015 |
Read more at the Disability Narratives website |
Diversity training |
Sharon Neal (OLI) |
£17,900 |
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LGBT role models programme |
Tony Brett (LGBT Advisory Group) |
£6,250 |
Following the workshop an Oxford specific version was developed. This workshop is now delivered twice a year with a growing Network of LGBT+ Role Models. |
BME leaders event |
Nita Fisher (BME staff network) |
£1,500 |
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