Career Advancement for Senior Academic Women Program
The role of Professor at UQ indicates an international reputation for academic excellence and leadership.
UQ requires its professors to demonstrate:
- outstanding achievement in their field
- international recognition for their work
- a commitment to increase their leadership contribution across the university.
Women are under-represented in professorial positions at UQ and currently hold less than 29% of professorial positions.
This program is designed to assist high calibre academic women to take the next step in their career.
The program is proudly sponsored by Professor Aidan Byrne, Provost and Senior Vice-President.
Eligibility
The program is designed for academic women at Level D who are:
- eligible to apply for promotion to Level E as per the Promotion of Academic Staff Policy.
- motivated to apply for promotion within 5 years of completing the program.
Apply for the 2025 program
The Career Advancement for Senior Academic Women Program will be running in 2025. Information about the program and the application process will be available next year.
Objectives
The program is run in a small group setting and aims to:
- broaden your understanding of leadership in a global academic context
- leverage off existing leadership strengths to build greater capacity to lead strategically
- increase knowledge of the university professorial promotion process
- facilitate engagement with both internal and external leaders
- provide individualised career planning
- provide a gender frame of reference to academic leadership.
The program will assist you to develop your:
- leadership skills
- individual career plans
- strategic thinking
- influencing power
- ability to deal with complexity
- international reputation
- personal impact
- resilience.