Wednesday, 17 February 2021
The Universities Australia Executive Women Group, has published a resource designed to redress gender inequality in the awards system through supporting the increase in women being nominated for and receiving awards.
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
On Thursday, 26 November 2020, ECU marked the release of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) 2019-2020 reporting dataset with an on-campus screening of the data launch.
Thursday, 26 November 2020
The final Girls Programming Network event for 2020, saw women from the IT industry teaching 70 high school girls how to code at ECU’s Joondalup Campus.
Monday, 23 November 2020
Wheat quality and everyday sexisms are two important issues being addressed through Edith Cowan University’s latest success in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding.
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
On 27 October 2020, CEDA held their most recent event in the ‘Women in Leadership’ series for Western Australia; an event that ECU has proudly continued to co-sponsor for the fourth consecutive year.
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
ECU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Strategic Partnerships) Professor Cobie Rudd, was invited to be a keynote speaker at the annual BreastScreen WA Pink Ribbon Breakfast 2020.
8 March 2020, ECU Joondalup Pines, Perth, Western Australia
Join ECU for their annual Edith Cowan Memorial Lecture celebrating International Women’s Day, with Ms Libby Lyons, Director of the Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and inaugural Chair of Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Limited Board. Ms Lyons will discuss Australia’s progress towards gender equality, current breakthroughs for women and girls in the workforce and how organisations and the community are building inclusive workplace cultures.
Wednesday 2 December 2020, Microsoft Teams Event.
Professor Parker discusses research on resilience, as well as some of her personal experiences. She will be joined by ARC Laureate Fellow Alexandra Aikhenvald (James Cook University) and ARC Centre Director Janeen Baxter (University of Queensland), who will each share challenges they have experienced, how they handled these challenges, as well as how they help others to be resilient.
Participants will have the opportunity to virtually share tips with each other, and ask the guests questions.
Wednesday 4 November 2020, Microsoft Teams Event.
With ARC Laureate Fellows Sharon Parker, Lisa Kewley and Jolanda Jetten. More details coming soon.
Wednesday 7 October 2020, Microsoft Teams Event, Open to all women employed in academic research positions, Level A to Level E, across all disciplines and Universities/ Research institutions.
Join three female Australian Research Council Laureate Fellows - an organisational psychologist, a plant biologist, and a criminologist - to reflect on how to optimise your health and well-being at work.