International Women’s Day Event
International Women’s Day at the University of Huddersfield
Career Pathways – What I know now!
Wednesday 8th March 2023 16:00pm-17:00pm
Online Event (MS Teams)
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, the University of Huddersfield invites you to join our panel discussion on Career Pathways – What I know now!
We are bringing together a panel of women staff from the University of Huddersfield and the University of Leeds to discuss their career history and answer questions from the audience around career progression and promotion.
The theme of this event arose from recommendations arising from the Academic Career Progression focus groups and discussion within the Women’s Staff Network around doing more to ‘promote our promotions’. We are hoping that this event will help others ‘to be what they see’ and have the opportunity to learn more about career progression from those recently promoted.
This event is open to all staff and students. Book your tickets now via Eventbrite.
We welcome and encourage attendees to submit any questions they have in advance to Olivia Briddon. Although we will do our best to answer everyone’s question, we cannot guarantee all questions will be discussed during the event due to time limitations.
Learn more about the event by visiting the Eventbrite page.
The panel will include:
Josie Ellis
Head of Marketing, The University of Huddersfield
Josie joined the University in 2005 as a Marketing Officer and has had several promotions including Senior Marketing Officer, Deputy Head of Marketing and most recently as Head of Marketing in January 2021. Alongside these roles, Josie has studied for an MA in Communication Studies, an MBA and took part in the Chartered Managers Institute programme at the University.
Maria Hussain
Lecturer in Business Management
Leeds University Business School
Maria Hussain is a Lecturer in Management at Leeds University Business School, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Certified Business and Management Educator. Her expertise lies in; inclusive management education, intercultural communication and organisational culture relating to EDI (race- equity) in complex organisations. Maria is an elected member of the British Academy Management (BAM) national Council, providing steer on equity and inclusive educational practice within Business Education. She has recently been appointed as a national Race Equality Charter institutional application reviewer at Advance HE and EDI consultant. She is also a member of Great Britain Applied Linguistics (LAGB) Subcommittee for Racial and Social Justice. Institutionally, Maria Co-Chairs the Muslim Staff Network, the only faith-based staff network in the sector. This important work has influenced university-wide EDI policy and ongoing implementation on the intersection of race-religion in addressing outcomes and awarding ‘gaps.’
Professor Katherine Lewis
Professor of Medieval History
School of Arts and Humanities, the University of Huddersfield
Professor Katherine Lewis studied for her BA in History at the University of Warwick and for her MA and DPhil in Medieval Studies at the University of York. She is Student Course Leader for History and teaches modules including 'Early Medieval Europe' and 'History and Myth: Writing and Re-writing the Middle Ages'.
Katherine’s research focuses above all on women's history and the history of gender more widely. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is on the advisory board of Boydell & Brewer's 'Gender in the Middle Ages' series. Katherine is also a member of the steering committee for the annual Gender and Medieval Studies conference.
Professor Georgina Blakeley
Associate Dean Teaching and Learning
School of Human and Health Sciences, the University of Huddersfield
Georgina Blakeley is the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. Prior to this role, Georgina was Director of Teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University. During her time at the Open University (2006-2019), Georgina focused on the production of distance-learning materials for entry-level introductory Social Science modules winning a number of prizes and nominations for this work including: European Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities (2018/2019) and being shortlisted for the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year in the THE Awards 2017. At Huddersfield, she became a National Teaching Fellow in 2020 and was shortlisted again in 2020 for the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year in the THE Awards. Her latest co-authored publication is due out in May 2023 with Manchester University Press: Devolution in Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region.