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Mittweida University of Applied Sciences (HSMW) is offering female academics a coaching programme on 24 and 25 March 2023 to help them navigate the appointment process at Universities of Applied Sciences (UoAS). Female academics with a PhD and advanced PhD students with relevant professional experience will thus have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the appointment process at an UoAS. This is because the appointment criteria there differ from those at universities.
Career prospects for a professor at an UoAS
The practical focus in teaching and research is what makes a professorship at a UoAS particularly appealing. “Women broaden the perspectives and approaches to applied topics. This leads to new problem-solving strategies. Last but not least, female professors serve as important role models for female students and prospective students,” says Ramona Kusche, who has been Professor of Global Communication and Science Management in Digital Transformation at the HSMW since 2019. Ramona Kusche will help to shape the coaching programme next spring as a speaker, thereby actively contributing to preparing the participants as effectively as possible for a real-life application process. As part of the coaching, participants will receive individual feedback on their application documents. Following a simulated trial lecture, a typical interview with the appointment committee will be role-played. The programme is complemented by discussions with HSMW academics on topics such as science communication, Academic English and applying for third-party funding.
Background: too few applications from female graduates
Through its own ‘NextGen’ development programme for academic staff – funded by the BMBF – the HSMW has been gaining experience since 2019 in preparing and supporting academics for a professorship at a UoAS. The university is now, for the first time, passing on this experience specifically to women through a coaching programme. The programme is also open to female academics who are not affiliated with HSMW. This is because at many UoAS, the ratio of female to male professorships is unbalanced. In Germany, there are two male colleagues for every female professor. Whilst roughly equal numbers of women and men enrol in degree programmes, the proportion of women declines as they progress to higher qualifications beyond a Master’s degree, resulting in an imbalance in applications for advertised professorial posts.
HSMW is organising the coaching programme in collaboration with the Saxony Equal Opportunities Co-ordination Office. The participation fee is 100 euros and includes meals for the two days of the seminar. Participants will be selected following an expression of interest, which is open until 15 January 2023.
Further information on the coaching programme and the registration process can be found at the following link: https://nextgen.hs-mittweida.de/karriereziel_haw-professorin/
Contact:
Dr Angela Freche
T +49 (0) 3727 58 – 1810
Email
https://nextgen.hs-mittweida.de
Text and image: NextGen