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Thursday 21 July 2022

Peer2Peer Promotion Support Networking Event for Academic Women in STEMM


The Monash STEMM Women Academic Network is hosting an event on Wednesday 24th August for academic women in STEMM interested in peer-2-peer mentoring for academic promotion.

Event details

  • Date: Wednesday 24th August
  • Time: 12pm – 2pm: refreshment and networking opportunities available from 11:30am
  • Venue: Chancellery room, Chancellery Building, 27 Chancellors Walk, Clayton campus
  • Register: medicine.research@monash.edu
  • RSVP by 1 August

This event welcomes women in STEMM who are intending to submit an application for academic promotion this year, as well as those considering applying for promotion in the future.

We encourage you to forward this invitation to other potential candidates who may be interested in this promotion support. Please find further details below.

On behalf of the STEMM Women Academic Network, we are very excited to invite you to the annual Peer2Peer Promotion Support Networking Event sponsored by the Monash Data Futures Institute.

Target group

This event is for academic women in STEMM who are interested in peer-2-peer mentoring for academic promotion (regardless of whether you intend to submit for promotion this year or in the future).

We are also seeking mentors with previous experience on promotion committees who are available to come along to the event and willing to share their insights and wisdom with potential candidates.

The event is a fantastic opportunity to meet and connect with women from various STEMM faculties and departments at Monash and talk to an experienced mentor about preparing for academic promotion.  It is never too early to start thinking of your promotion so we encourage women of all career stages to avail yourself of this opportunity, regardless of your intention to apply for promotion this year. With this initiative we hope to enable you to prepare better and earlier for promotion and maximise your chance for success.

The STEMM Women Academic Network is a gender initiative of the Athena SWAN Committee aimed at supporting the retention and success of academic women in STEMM disciplines at Monash University. We seek to support career development and success of academic women at Monash, while driving and growing a cultural shift.

Please feel free to join the Network: Become a Member.

We would also greatly appreciate if you could forward this email to other potential candidates who may be interested in the promotion support.  

Hope you can join us!

MNHS Research Town Hall

Sent on behalf of  Professor James Whisstock, Deputy Dean, Research

This month's Research Town Hall will be held on Thursday 21 July from 12:00 - 1:00 PM. We will provide updates relating to research, research infrastructure, and research training. There will also be an opportunity to ask us questions about any research-related matters, including travel, platforms, HDR students, upcoming and open funding schemes, etc. The Agenda for the upcoming session is attached.

Please note that recently appointed MNHS Senior and Bridging Postdoctoral Fellows will be invited to give a presentation on their work at these sessions throughout the year. This month's speaker is Dr Romana Stark from the Biomedicine Discovery Institute, who will present, "Understanding how the olfactory system affects behaviour and metabolism."

The session will be hosted by:

  • Prof James Whisstock, Deputy Dean (Research)
  • Prof Ian Smyth, Associate Dean (Research and Research Infrastructure)

Please join us via Zoom

All MNHS staff are welcome to attend, so please distribute this throughout your relevant areas.

We hope that you will join us. 

Important information for upcoming promotion round 2022

Teaching & Research and Education Focused staff who apply for promotion to Level C, D or E in the upcoming Academic Promotion round will be required to include a 2022 Summative Peer Review of Teaching in their promotion application.

Prospective applicants are advised to plan their teaching schedules and submit their requests in PeerView.monash as soon as possible, allowing sufficient time to assign available reviewers.

Peer reviews can be undertaken on synchronous (face to face and online) and asynchronous (recorded) teaching. The process is detailed in the Monash Learning and Teaching Peer Review website