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UHR 2017 CUPA Conference Bursary & USA Study Visit
UHR-CUPA Bursary winner 2017
In April 2017, Sophie Harris, Deputy Director of Human Resources at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London became the first person to be awarded the UHR-CUPA bursary to attend the CUPA-HR conference in California, USA.
As part of the bursary, Sophie took the opportunity to arrange a CPD study visits to local universities. She was able to speak with staff from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Rutgers State University of New Jersey Michigan State University and University of San Diego about how gender affects academic progression.
You can read her blog posts relating to her trip on the UHR blog:
- Exploring Gender Imbalance in Academic Progression: What Can We Learn from the USA?
- Does it Pay to be Nice in Academia?
- From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Turning the Tide on Female Academic Progression
- Starting at the Beginning: Supporting Academic Progression Through Recruitment Practices
- Catching Up: A New Employment Model for a Changing Faculty
2018 bursary opportunity
The details for the 2018 UHR-CUPA bursary can be found here.
