{"id":174,"date":"2017-05-30T15:57:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=174"},"modified":"2017-05-30T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T14:59:25","slug":"significant-rise-in-female-professorships-at-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/athenaswan-news\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":"Significant rise in female professorships at Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Text by Gary Hughes, Campus Online<\/a>, May 26\/2017)<\/p>\n

As reported by Times Higher Education <\/em>(THE), the University has increased its proportion of women professors to 27.2%<\/strong>, a rise of 8.2%<\/strong> since the last survey in 2012-13.<\/p>\n

This, according to new Higher Education Statistics Agency figures obtained by the THE, places Kent well above the national average of 24%<\/strong> and at the top<\/strong> of those institutions to have achieved an increase.<\/p>\n

Kent has for many years been committed to advancing gender equality<\/strong> in academia. It set up its Women\u2019s Network<\/a> in 2004 and through its participation in a range of national schemes and initiatives, such as Athena SWAN<\/a> and Aurora<\/a>, has sought to address the absence of women from senior academic and professorial roles, as well as those in professional service positions.<\/p>\n

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Commenting on the news, the University\u2019s Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow<\/strong> said: \u2018The recruitment, retention and recognition of women in higher education and at Kent, in particular, is an important part of the University\u2019s mission<\/strong>. I am pleased that we are making significant\u00a0progress<\/strong> towards gender parity within our professoriate and would like to thank all those<\/strong> who have contributed to this achievement.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Dame Julia is the University\u2019s Executive Group champion<\/a> for equality and diversity.<\/p>\n

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