Mentoring Program for Senior Women
Background
In 2007 Universities Australia Executive Women was granted a WPP grant for the project The Second AVCC Action Plan for Women Employed in Australian Universities 2006-2010. One component of this grant was:
Developing leadership skills in female university staff, particularly at senior levels.
This together with the readiness of a group of senior colleagues who have significant leadership experience at the highest levels to share their knowledge and experience lead the UAEW Executive to agree in February 2007 to progress a mentoring programme for senior women that would draw on the expertise of recently retired (male and female) Vice-Chancellors who remain active participants in the sector.
On the basis of member feedback it was also decided to include recently retired DVCs and Registrars in the program and also develop a shadowing component with current VCs/DVCs/Registrars.
In recognition of the synergies that exist with the proposed program and the mandate of the newly established L.H. Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, UAEW felt it was highly desirable to have the proposed program co-ordinated through the institutional ‘home’ of L.H. Martin.