Gendered Journeys: the trajectories of STEM students and graduates through higher education and into employment, in multiple global south contexts
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Education
Abstract
This project will investigate how far, and in what ways, gender may have an influence in the progress of students through higher education, graduation and progression into skilled employment in the STEM sector in India and Rwanda. This is important because science has a critical role in supporting global sustainable development that will not be realised unless it makes better use of the potential skills of women and girls. At present, girls and women are markedly under-represented in STEM areas both as students and in the workforce in most countries across the globe. At Higher Education level, only 35% of students enrolled in STEM studies internationally are women (UNESCO, 2017a). Addressing this problem is vital in ensuring equitable access to quality education and meaningful work, and is crucial for countries seeking to prioritise equitable economic development, speaking directly to UN SDGs 4, 5, and 6.
Both our countries of focus, India and Rwanda, currently have a severe under-representation of women STEM students in HE, and in relation to the skilled workforce (WEF, 2018), and there is a limited amount of research in these countries, as in many global south contexts, on gender and STEM issues post-secondary school (for an overview see e.g. UNESCO, 2017a). What is particularly under-researched is the gendered journeys of students once they have accessed university, and beyond into skilled employment (UNESCO, 2017a, EGHE, 2018). Moreover, most lower and middle-income countries do not collect detailed disaggregated data to document access, retention, transfer/dropout, and successful graduation at HE level, especially by institution and discipline (see Chanana, 2007). Neither is there information on the onward journeys of students after they leave education Our research thus seeks to address these gaps.
The project has been organised into 5 distinct work packages (WPs). WP1 involves secondary statistical data analysis of gendered patterns of HE participation and achievement, utilising available data in India and Rwanda, with UK data utilised for comparative purposes. WP2 involves largescale primary survey data with STEM students in both countries. WP3 comprises a range of in-depth qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews with three sets of participants in India and Rwanda: first-year STEM students and final year STEM students at a university in each country and employees in a key STEM employer in each country. All participants will be interviewed again a year later, to explore their experience over time, and for the second group, potential experiences of transition into employment. The team wished to acknowledge similar issues of under-representation according to gender in STEM in the UK, and also to contribute more equitably to the knowledge exchange between countries, hence WP4 involves secondary data analysis of a number of different, relevant qualitative/mixed method datasets in UK Data Service archives.
Responsibility for impact activities will be shared equally between partner HEIs. Academic outputs will include at least 10 journal articles to be submitted to high impact journals in appropriate fields. Non-academic outputs will include the development of gender-sensitive virtual support 'toolkits' , developed in conjunction with student participants; and gender-sensitive CPD materials developed in conjunction with STEM academic and industry staff, tailored to appropriate national/regional contexts.
Both our countries of focus, India and Rwanda, currently have a severe under-representation of women STEM students in HE, and in relation to the skilled workforce (WEF, 2018), and there is a limited amount of research in these countries, as in many global south contexts, on gender and STEM issues post-secondary school (for an overview see e.g. UNESCO, 2017a). What is particularly under-researched is the gendered journeys of students once they have accessed university, and beyond into skilled employment (UNESCO, 2017a, EGHE, 2018). Moreover, most lower and middle-income countries do not collect detailed disaggregated data to document access, retention, transfer/dropout, and successful graduation at HE level, especially by institution and discipline (see Chanana, 2007). Neither is there information on the onward journeys of students after they leave education Our research thus seeks to address these gaps.
The project has been organised into 5 distinct work packages (WPs). WP1 involves secondary statistical data analysis of gendered patterns of HE participation and achievement, utilising available data in India and Rwanda, with UK data utilised for comparative purposes. WP2 involves largescale primary survey data with STEM students in both countries. WP3 comprises a range of in-depth qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews with three sets of participants in India and Rwanda: first-year STEM students and final year STEM students at a university in each country and employees in a key STEM employer in each country. All participants will be interviewed again a year later, to explore their experience over time, and for the second group, potential experiences of transition into employment. The team wished to acknowledge similar issues of under-representation according to gender in STEM in the UK, and also to contribute more equitably to the knowledge exchange between countries, hence WP4 involves secondary data analysis of a number of different, relevant qualitative/mixed method datasets in UK Data Service archives.
Responsibility for impact activities will be shared equally between partner HEIs. Academic outputs will include at least 10 journal articles to be submitted to high impact journals in appropriate fields. Non-academic outputs will include the development of gender-sensitive virtual support 'toolkits' , developed in conjunction with student participants; and gender-sensitive CPD materials developed in conjunction with STEM academic and industry staff, tailored to appropriate national/regional contexts.
Planned Impact
The Gendered Journeys Partnership Network are committed to developing and delivering, high quality impactful initiatives, building directly from the empirical evidence base produced throughout the project. Impact will be embedded within all work packages, and dissemination will be continuous throughout the programme, with diverse stakeholder needs revisited throughout. The avenues of impact, and specific outputs anticipated as a result of the project, will be developed and delivered via a set of interlocking activities, designed to maximise the opportunities embedded within respective user communities (through an iterative, and continuous feedback process online and locally).
The relevant user communities for this project consist mainly of private industry (employers within STEM), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and governments (local and national); particularly those in India/South Asia and Rwanda/sub-Saharan Africa more broadly, as well as the UK, and European networks. A range of activities will be linked through the following strategic framework, drawing on principles as set out by the Rethinking Research Collaborative's (2018) report for the UKRI, Promoting Fair and Equitable Partnerships to Respond to Global Challenges, which has influenced all aspects of the project design. The activities will benefit:
(Local/Direct) - Women Studying and Working in STEM; HEIs delivering STEM; Employers of STEM graduates
(National) - Data and Research Centres, Local Government, National Government
(International/Cross-Cultural) - Partner Networks and Established GCRF networks
(Global) - UNESCO (UIL) Sustainable Goals
The relevant user communities for this project consist mainly of private industry (employers within STEM), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), and governments (local and national); particularly those in India/South Asia and Rwanda/sub-Saharan Africa more broadly, as well as the UK, and European networks. A range of activities will be linked through the following strategic framework, drawing on principles as set out by the Rethinking Research Collaborative's (2018) report for the UKRI, Promoting Fair and Equitable Partnerships to Respond to Global Challenges, which has influenced all aspects of the project design. The activities will benefit:
(Local/Direct) - Women Studying and Working in STEM; HEIs delivering STEM; Employers of STEM graduates
(National) - Data and Research Centres, Local Government, National Government
(International/Cross-Cultural) - Partner Networks and Established GCRF networks
(Global) - UNESCO (UIL) Sustainable Goals
Publications
Boeren E
(2023)
Adult Education and Social Justice: International Perspectives
Iyakaremye I
(2020)
Paternity denial and consequences on children in patriarchal society: Situation in consensual couples in Rwanda
in Children and Youth Services Review
Leyton D
(2025)
Affective inequalities beyond heteronormativity. Impostor feelings, wellbeing and belonging in STEM students in the UK and India
in Educational Review
| Description | Addressing lack of diversity of academic staff in STEM, in the context of increasing job precarity |
| Amount | £4,940 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | Building a STEM career in industry or academia: gendered challenges in economically and politically precarious times in Brazil, India and the UK |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Enhancing Teacher Education in STEM through a linguistic lens: a cross curricula and transnational effort challenging gender stereotypes |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Equity and Belonging at University in (Post-)Pandemic Times: exploring students' social experiences |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | PhD Studentship |
| Amount | £54,072 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Women in Science: UK-Brazil Gender Equality Partnership |
| Amount | £22,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | 2022 RIBA ScottBrownrigg Award |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Bartlett School of Architecture |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The team of four won the award, with a project named 'Co-Designing the Rwanda Model Village' 1. Kit Lee-Smith (lead): MArch graduate, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL 2. Dr Josephine Mwongeli Malonza: Founding Dean - Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design FAED, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda 3. Ben Hayes: Co-founder and Director, Unknown Works; Lecturer at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL 4. Julia Backhaus: Founding Director Flux Architects; Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL; Co- founder and Board member of the Rwanda Heart Care and Research |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team of four won the award, with a project named 'Co-Designing the Rwanda Model Village' 1. Kit Lee-Smith (lead): MArch graduate, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL 2. Dr Josephine Mwongeli Malonza: Founding Dean - Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design FAED, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda 3. Ben Hayes: Co-founder and Director, Unknown Works; Lecturer at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL 4. Julia Backhaus: Founding Director Flux Architects; Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL; Co- founder and Board member of the Rwanda Heart Care and Research |
| Impact | Staff exchange (3 staff) Bartlett to Rwanda Field visits in Rwanda Guest lecture in the University of Rwanda The collaboration is multi-disciplinary: Architecture, urban design, health, circular economy. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Gender and Sexuality Network |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | College of Social Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As part of the University of Glasgow interdisciplinary research theme (IRT) lead 'Addressing Inequalities', I have supported other theme leads to develop the Gender and Sexuality network. The network has generated great interest across the University. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The network invited PI Barbara Read to introduce the project and discuss possibilities of future collaboration. Dr Read is collaborating with IRT to plan future knowledge exchange events. |
| Impact | Barbara Read (PI) invited to present the Gender and STEM project at the network inaugural event and scope for possible future collaborations. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Membership of UK-Brazil network on gender and STEM |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Myself and fellow co-investigators Bonnie Slade and Srabani Maitra have been invited to be co-investigators on a British Council network grant (£22,000) , led by Dr Diane Harris at the University of Manchester. The network is Women in Science: UK-Brazil Gender Equality Partnership (phase 2). We will be contributing in this phase 2 of the project by attending and contributing to discussion/advice to partners at a series of workshops designed to facilitate a range of Brazilian universities to implement gender equity initiatives at their universities similar to ATHENA SWAN. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project is led by Dr Diane Harris and colleagues at the University of Manchester. Dr Harris and colleagues devised and led Phase One of the Network and has devised and will lead Phase 2. |
| Impact | The collaboration has only just started so there are no outputs/outcomes as yet. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Tittle: Building Urban Community Networks for Sustainable cities in Africa (UComNetSus) |
| Organisation | Kenyatta University |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The project aims to develop novel networks and communities of practice that address the inter-linkages, synergies, and trade-offs among social, economic and ecological needs of city residents, within six case study cities: Lagos, Kigali, Kumasi, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Mombasa |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project aims to develop novel networks and communities of practice that address the inter-linkages, synergies, and trade-offs among social, economic and ecological needs of city residents, within six case study cities: Lagos, Kigali, Kumasi, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Mombasa |
| Impact | Deliverables: (1) To what extent can networks of urban stakeholders bring about cross-learning and adoption of best practices? (2) What are the social, economic and ecological challenges and interdependencies for sustainability of African cities? (3) How can we build interdependencies and synergies among stakeholder networks for addressing reported challenges? (4) Which social, economic and ecological assets do African cities have and how are they distributed in space and time in these cities? (5) Which guidelines can be put in place to foster sustainability of African cities? |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF) |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Brief description: Coping with Kigali Urban Growth Challenges: Educating Communities for Building Livelihood Resilience and Wellbeing. The research intends to explore a new approach of addressing this challenge related to people's behaviour toward urban dynamics through highlighting education as an essential component in the process of remodelling urban planning. |
| Collaborator Contribution | research collaboration |
| Impact | Key deliverables: What are the effects of urban expansion to the periurban communities? What models fit best to make the urban growth an opportunity for the residents? How can education help people to cope with the city dynamics while contribute to sustainable urban development? |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF) |
| Organisation | University of Rwanda |
| Country | Rwanda |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Brief description: Coping with Kigali Urban Growth Challenges: Educating Communities for Building Livelihood Resilience and Wellbeing. The research intends to explore a new approach of addressing this challenge related to people's behaviour toward urban dynamics through highlighting education as an essential component in the process of remodelling urban planning. |
| Collaborator Contribution | research collaboration |
| Impact | Key deliverables: What are the effects of urban expansion to the periurban communities? What models fit best to make the urban growth an opportunity for the residents? How can education help people to cope with the city dynamics while contribute to sustainable urban development? |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ARCADIA Festival Workshop: Eco-mapping & Strategic Networking to level the playing field of intersectional inequalities in STEM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The programme of events for the ARCadia Festival of Ideas was a two-week long festival celebrating the opening of the Mazumdar Shaw ARC launch. It was international, heavily media profiled by local news and international social media and live streams. Colleagues, students and members of the public were invited to more than 65 events over two weeks, mostly of workshops featuring University of Glasgow cutting edge research, but also featuring brass bands, a retro video game arcade, comedy and drag shows, an outdoor ceilidh, art exhibits, a virtual reality celebration of Robert Burns, and much more. • 6,850 attendees at 75 free events, held over 13 days • 60 activities and 8 exhibitions • 583 school children at 13 events • 326 UofG staff, 147 UofG students, 239 partner staff • All four UofG colleges represented • 30 volunteers • 54 partner organisations • 4 student interns • 12 media trainees • 50,303 website hits • 100 tweets using #UofGARCadia generating 1,412 likes and 1,714 interactions • 32.6% surveyed attendees (n=533) had not visited the University of Glasgow before, 69.2% had not visited the ARC before and 99.7% would attend future events • 4 sponsors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/news/newsarchive/2022/29august2022/headline_873107_en.html |
| Description | Blog post - contribution to gender and STEM research at the School of Education - SoE blog post for IWD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was a blog post on gender and STEM research at the School of Education for International Women's Day 2021. This has just been posted so I cannot yet comment on any impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/news/iwd2021/genderandstemactivitiesbyresearchersattheschool... |
| Description | Blog post on Urban Big Data Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post on the project posted on the Urban Big Data Centre's blog and promoted on Twitter and Facebook, which was reposted and 'liked' by social media users. Helped increase our followers on Twitter and get the name of the project known. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ubdc.ac.uk/news-media/2020/november/gendered-journeys/ |
| Description | Blog: Gendered Journeys Team Retreat- Mixed-methods project that explores gendered inequalities in STEM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Gendered Journeys project is an interdisciplinary, international mixed-methods project that explored gendered inequalities in India, Rwanda, and the UK using online surveys, interviews, and eco-mapping techniques to address persistent and growing gender gaps in STEM study and working, particularly in global south contexts. The team has engaged in a wide range of impact and outreach activities, including eco and network mapping activities at ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, ARCadia festival, Open house for the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2023 as well as Reimagining the Contemporary in Indian Education Conference held at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India. Such activities have allowed us to engage diverse stakeholders - from high-level invited stakeholders meetings in Kigali in June 2023, to public-facing child-friendly events. We have since begun to triangulate our findings for a gender-sensitive virtual support toolkit to be launched in spring 2024, with recommendations for diverse stakeholders- from senior decision-makers in Higher Education Institutions to regional/ national policy-makers as well as STEM learners and learning-facilitators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cradall.org/content/gendered-journeys-team-retreat |
| Description | Blog: Gendered Journeys: the trajectories of STEM students and graduates through higher education and into employment, in India and Rwanda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Centre for Research in Adult and Lifelong Learning blog, The Gendered Journeys project investigates how far, and in what ways, gender may have an influence in the progress of students through higher education, graduation and progression into skilled employment in STEM fields in India and Rwanda. At present, girls and women are markedly under-represented in STEM areas both as students and in the workforce in most countries across the globe. At the Higher Education level, only 35% of students enrolled in STEM studies internationally are women (UNESCO, 2017a). Addressing this problem is vital in ensuring equitable access to quality education and meaningful work, and is crucial for countries seeking to prioritise equitable economic development, speaking directly to UN SDGs 4, 5, and 6. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cradall.org/research-and-development/cradall-projects/gendered-journeys-trajectories-stem-st... |
| Description | Bridges 2022 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The onsite and online conference brought together different presenters, mainly scholars, to present papers on various aspects. It was hosted/held in Gandia - Valencia, Spain from the 12th-16th September 2022. The key theme for the conference was 'Bridges between disciplines in STEM and Social Sciences'. Gendered Journeys teams presented 4 different papers (in groups of 2) at the conference. We were all able to network, share and gain knowledge and experiences as well as receiving constructive comments on our presentations/papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://bridges2022.com |
| Description | CIES 2022 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The annual conference took place in Minneapolis, USA from the 18th-22nd April 2022. It brought together participants from all over the globe with presentations on diverse subjects, with the majority of presenters being scholars. Gendered Journeys Project members/partners attended the conference, that is UK, Rwanda & Indian. Different presentations on early findings were made on early findings from the 3 partner countries. The presentations were attended by conference participants and questions were asked, experiences shared afterwards. New connections were made, knew knowledge gained and best practices borrowed from the many different presenters on various aspects by scholars and other experts. Constructive comments on research findings presentations were received too. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://cies2022.org |
| Description | ESRC Festival of Social Science Workshop: Exploring gendered inequalities in STEM with Eco-mapping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | You will develop visual maps of your educational journeys to date. This will be an engaging and interactive self-assessment to reflect on the influence of family, community and society in developing educational and professional interests. Our group of interdisciplinary researchers will be on hand to share project findings on the relationship between gender and other aspects of identity and educational and occupational cultures in STEM globally. Follow us @STEM_Journeys for future workshops, including online events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://cradall.org/content/gendered-journeys-workshop-9th-november-glasgow |
| Description | Ecomaps and Gendered Journeys: Introduction to an interactive data collection tool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop was organised at the SCUTREA conference to introduce participants to an interactive, participatory tool. This session was attended by people working in the third sector, higher education institutions and international organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.uall.ac.uk/events/conference-2022 |
| Description | Gendered Journeys at ARCadia Festival of Ideas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We engaged a large group of adults and school children in an engaging activity to explore STEM as a career. With Adults, we explored enablers and challenges that affected their choice of a STEM career. Activity: A creative drawing activity was conducted with children and adults who were encouraged to 'map' key people who have influenced their STEM engagement or impacted their educational journey. The event overall reached 6,850 members of the public, 32.6% of whom had never visited the university before, and 77% said they better understood the relevance of research to society as a result of attending. One public attendee stated in their feedback, "Everything pitched perfectly for children/lay people! So welcoming, lovely community atmosphere". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_871149_en.html |
| Description | Gendered Journeys blog post- for International Women's Day 2021- School of Education website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was a blog post commissioned for International Women's Day 2021, for the School of Education website, University of Glasgow. This has just been published so I am not able to comment on impact as yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/news/iwd2021/internationalwomensdaythegenderedjourneysprojec... |
| Description | Gendered Journeys: Eco-mapping to Address Gendered Inequalities in to STEM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We engaged a small group that included professional practitioners and doctoral researchers in an interactive methods workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://festivalofsocialscience.com/events/gendered-journeys-eco-mapping-to-address-gendered-inequal... |
| Description | Global Women's Breakfast 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 14.02.2023, I participated as a panelist to The IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast, which was organized In the sidelines of celebration of international day of women & girls in science under the theme: "Coming together to chatter the glass ceiling in science". The event brought together people from all science disciplines to raise their awareness on breaking barriers hindering mainly women in science & develop strategies to drive a gender just progress in science. The panel session topic was on "Barriers to women's workplace equality and how to overcome them". A participant in the event called us to reflect on WHAT WOMEN WANT. A couple of days of reflection, I now believe Women do not need to be taught how to be strong. Women have always been strong! It is rather more about learning and unlearning how to interact with their strength. I tweet this today: https://twitter.com/josemwongeli/status/1634507572626575363?s=20 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/STEMWomenRwanda/status/1625483266382864384?s=20 |
| Description | HER Conference 2023 Presentations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An international conference that brought together scholars and other interested participants from all the world. Many presentations were made over the few days. Gendered Journey team presented findings on Rwanda, India and UK, and received positive feedback. The conference also presented a forum to learn from other presenters and network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://highereducationreform.org/ |
| Description | Impact event for partners and stakeholders in Rwanda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gendered Journeys team traveled to Rwanda to present project findings and gather views and contributions from stakeholders who included policy makers, professional practitioners, academia, higher education learners. Valuable feedback was gained through the dialogue. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited Presentation at Jadavpur University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Gendered Journeys team were invited to give a seminar at the Dept of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, on 17th January 2023. The team presented emerging qualitative findings from both India and Rwanda and disseminated further findings and video link of a recorded presentation on the quantitative findings. The presentation was followed by a fruitful dialogue session between seminar attendees, who included academics and postgraduate students from the university (across disciplinary backgrounds, including STEM fields). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited presentation - Gender, Space and Time in Higher Education Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An invited presentation primarily for postgraduate students - exploring issues of researching gender, space and time in HE, from which I drew on the EGHE network and Gendered Journeys projects' concepts and findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Keynote and Panel for Mechanical Engineering Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited keynote presentation and panel discussion for an event entitled 'GE-Mech: Consolidating and Extending Gender Equality in Engineering'. Event held by NA-NB Net: Unblocking the Pipeline in Mechanical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 21st February 2024, with international online participation. This event was held in conjunction with Engineering Academics at Nile University, Egypt, and included a large number of postgraduate students in Engineering as well as established academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2023/funding-secured-to-identify-reasons-why-few.htm |
| Description | Keynote for International Women's Day Engineering Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote entitled 'HE Students' Gendered Journeys in STEM: Issues arising in India'. Invited keynote for an online event for International Women's Day entitled Include, Invest & Accelerate Women in Research . Online event co-hosted by Heriot-Watt University and VIT Vellore, India. 8th March 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sudhagar-pitchaimuthu-ph-d-frsc-a3933237_womeninresearch-genderinclus... |
| Description | Keynote presentation - Mapping Students' Gendered Journeys in STEM Subjects in India, Rwanda and the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The title of the keynote was 'Mapping Students' Gendered Journeys in STEM Subjects in India, Rwanda and the UK: Issues and Challenges'. Myself and audience shared knowledge relating to conducting research and student engagement/outreach in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Keynote presentation - Precarity and Authoring Gendered Knowledges in the Academy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Title of the presentation: Precarity and Authoring Gendered Knowledges in the Academy. Keynote presentation for launch event of the journal Access: Critical Explorations of Equity in Higher Education. Sparked a lot of inspiring debate around precarious labour in HE and how this affects women (and men) wishing to enter the HE academic workforce in STEM, despite some financial/reputational advantages some STEM fields have. Audience involved HE practitioners (a key user audience for this proje |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Launch of Gender Journeys' Happy Hours - providing a network for individuals to share knowledge and support on topics related to gender and STEM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 25-30 individuals attended the inauguration for Gendered Journeys' Happy Hours. This online networking event was intended to bring individuals who either experience/have experienced gender inequality in their STEM field or are involved in gender issues in STEM. This event lead to many discussions and brought collaborative initiative between Gendered Journeys and other groups such as STEM Equals, FemEng, and the PhD Society of University of Glasgow. This has brought about the organization of a future Happy Hour in association with FemEng and PhD Society. This Happy Hour will take place on March 18th, 2021; the theme of this event is Angela Saini's book: Inferior. The author will also make an appearance to discuss her book with us. Discussions have also been had with STEM Equals for a future Happy Hour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gendered-journeys-pre-launch-happy-hour-tickets-128145581885# |
| Description | Mentorship workshop for FutureYou Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was attended by over 60 members of the FutureYou club at the college of science and Technology in Rwanda, a few FutureYou alumni members and academic staff members from CST, University of Rwanda. In 2023, Our guest of Honour was the State Minister of Infrastructure in Rwanda Hon. Patricie Uwase. She spoke to students on her journey to cabinet, being one of the youngest members of cabinet in the country, emphasizing on the need for humility and hard work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/josemwongeli/status/1616049405353771008?s=20 |
| Description | News Update: Gendered Journeys international and interdisciplinary project team met in June 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Gendered Journeys international and interdisciplinary project team met in June 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda to connect regarding preliminary project findings and to conduct a high-level invited stakeholder meeting of gender practitioners, researchers, educators, industry managers and policymakers.The Gendered Journeys project (www.gendered-journeys.com) is GCRF-funded to explore gendered influences on the progress of students through higher education and into skilled employment in STEM fields in India, Rwanda and the UK initially via survey and subsequently with in-depth interviews and eco-mapping techniques. There was focus specifically on Indian and Rwandan contexts as global south nations looking to address the persistent under-representation of women STEM students in HE, and in their skilled workforces (WEF, 2018). We note limited amount of research embedded in these countries, as in many global south contexts, particularly on intersectionally gendered STEM issues in non-'western' contexts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://otb.pascalobservatory.org/pascalnow/pascal-activities/news/gendered-journeys-international-a... |
| Description | On STEM and gender equity as one of the many present struggles on March Women's History Month |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | We disseminated this writing through gender journeys webpage, facebook and twiter project's account. The purpose was to engage with March Women's History Month and invite audience to reflect on gender inequalities affecting women in higher education and STEM. Exchange with some students and interested people were promoted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://genderedjourneys.com/2022/03/28/on-stem-and-gender-equity-as-one-of-the-many-present-struggl... |
| Description | Presentation at IIMC, Kolkata |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled 'Understanding the Gender Disparities in STEM research: Perspectives from India', presented by Saikat Maitra, Srabani Maitra and Barbara Read. Presented to Re-Imagining the Contemporary in Indian Education Conference, organised by the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, India, April 22nd 2023. Attendees of the Conference included a range of academics from across India researching and teaching in Higher Education, including relevant HE governance/practitioners; as well as postgraduate students and third sector activists. There was a lively discussion after the presentation and throughout the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at International Women's Day Event 8th March 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation giving an introduction to the work of the Gendered Journeys project, as part of a two-hour webinar for International Women's Day, March 8th. This has only recently taken place so I cannot yet comment on Impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation for GEA Virtual Series Nov 22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Myself, Jane Umutoni (co-I) and Daniel Leyton (RA) were invited to present findings from the Gendered Journeys project as part of a virtual event entitled Gender Underrepresentation in STEM: Perspectives from Across the Globe, held on 16th November 2022, part of the Gender and Education Association Virtual Seminar Series. There was a high level of engagement with the findings and discussion of ideas with attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-underrepresentation-in-stem-perspectives-from-across-the-globe... |
| Description | Presentation for Women in Science: UK-Brazil Gender Equality Partnership, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled Race, Gender and Intersectional Inequalities in Academia: Progress and Resistance. Invited online presentation in July 2023 to 'Women in Science: UK-Brazil Gender Equality Partnership', funded by the British Council. The audience included a range of EDI professionals and senior management of a number of Brazilian higher education institutions. Findings from the Gendered Journeys project were utilised to help discuss international challenges towards achieving EDI objectives in HE in relation to gender, intersecting with other aspects of inequality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | SCUTREA Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA) conference took place in Glasgow 6th-9th June 2022 and Gendered Journeys team made presentations at that event, in person and online. Participants shared knowledge, experiences and were able to network and establish new contacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://scutrea.com/ |
| Description | Seminar Gender Underrepresentation in STEM: Perspectives from Across the Globe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The event is part of the GEA's Virtual Seminar Series 2022 and as part of the 25 anniversary of the Gender and Education association. It Was held on 16 November in a online format. The audience was based in different countries around the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stakeholder event Kolkata |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a one-day event hosted by Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry aimed primarily at practitioners (i.e. lecturers in STEM and STEM professionals outside academia), policymakers in Education and Work in India; activists and third sector organisations, and current/past STEM students. Two panel sessions were arranged. The first panel speakers comprised members of the Gendered Journeys team as well as Dr Dipankar Das, Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Science, Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal. The second panel speakers included two Professors in STEM fields in Indian universities, as well as activists from the West Bengal Commission for Women and Bridge (a Kolkata-based LGBT+ advocacy group). Both panels were followed by audience dialogue, and a report has been developed for dissemination to event attendees and across policy and practice networks in India. The report collects together a range of recommendations that were generated through the dialogue between and among panel members and audience members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk on online research methods for PGRs/ECRs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Emma was invited to give a talk on Twitter research methods for PhD students and ECRs in sociology and criminology organised by the University of Glasgow and University of Hong Kong and sponsored by U21. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-research-pathways-for-early-career-criminologists-sociologists... |
| Description | Well-being for women studying STEM - experiences of intensity and negativity in Higher Education in India, Rwanda and the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The blog aim was to make public some of the preliminary findings of a survey regarding well-being in STEM students where 650 students from the UK, India and Rwanda took part. The blog called attention to the inequalities in well-being that affect STEM women students more intensely than men. The glog was promoted by twiter, Gender Journeys website, glasgow social science hub (https://genderedjourneys.com/2022/07/12/gendered-journeys-ubdc/?fbclid=IwAR1G4-gHLIpcWnX9X3FpiIXBN9bAUTuDqQeqIHn7SMzMz0ZI2P6RGvI2mHI) Craddal website (http://cradall.org/content/well-being-women-studying-stem) and Urban Big Data Centre (https://www.ubdc.ac.uk/news-media/2022/july/well-being-for-women-studying-stem/. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://genderedjourneys.com/2022/07/12/gendered-journeys-ubdc/?fbclid=IwAR1G4-gHLIpcWnX9X3FpiIXBN9b... |