Session Facilitators: Professor Vanessa Corby, Professor Abi Curtis and Professor Alison Laver Fawcett

Vanessa Corby: Professor Theory, History and Practice of Art and Chair of the Research Degrees Committee

Abi Curtis: Professor of Creative Writing, School of Humanities Research and Knowledge Transfer Lead , Co-ordinator for the MFA in Creative Writing, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Alison Laver-Fawcett: Professor in Occupational Therapy in the School of Science, Technology and Health, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Session information:

Do you want to hear from three inspirational female Professors at York St John University about their experience in research?

Are you at an early stage of your research career?

Intrigued by a career in academia?

Have questions you would like to ask a Professor at York St John University?

Come to this special event planned to coincide with International Women's Day on Tuesday 8 March.

Format: This session will be in a Q&A format which aims to help answer delegates questions with useful and authentic advice and guidance to women embarking on their research journeys. This session will be recorded.

Ahead of the session please think about the following and bring a question or two to the session or send in advance by Monday 7th March to e.sunley@yorksj.ac.uk

What it means to be an academic (as a woman)

professionalism

pedagogical methods in the class room and curriculum development

collegiality and its strategic benefits

Planning your life/family as a woman in academe

how to tackle being undermined or credit for your work being taken by male colleagues

Dealing with returning work after Mat leave

dealing with harassment

Early career precarity

writing job applications

being a practice-based academic and how that sits within the context of a university

setting goals and medium term career plans

collaborations

thoughts on leadership

being part of a research culture - helping to encourage a research culture

Research leadership roles