Department of Management colleagues Dr Paul Igwe and Dr Hilary Duckett have been awarded a £25,000 Gender Equality Partnerships grant by the British Council – Going Global Partnership.
Over the next two years, the pair will be undertaking research and training programmes exploring “Women Under–representation in Nigerian Higher Education Leadership”. The project partners include University of Lincoln, African Development Institute for Research Methodology (ADIRM), Enugu, Nigeria and Office of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU).
Project Goals include:
- Increase awareness of EDI by highlighting the “underrepresentation of women” in senior leadership positions and recognising the value of women in tertiary education.
- Provide training and resources that will advance leadership competencies, management skills, employability skills and confidence of women to take up leadership positions in future.
- Explore opportunities to review and revisit policies connected with recruitment, promotion, and appointments at all levels of Nigerian Higher Education system.
- Establish EDI and Gender studies centres among partnering institutions.
Paul comments:
“This project explores opportunities to increase the percentage of women in Senior Management positions in the Nigerian Higher Education system focusing on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). EDI examines how to eliminate discrimination related to gender, age, disability, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background”