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Promotion criteria
Each faculty at the UT elaborated their own set of promotion criteria (based on UFO) for the tenure track (UD2-UD1-UHD2-Adjunct professor). These criteria give an indication of the minimum requirements to be fulfilled in order to be promoted to the next level. Each individual will be evaluated by the tenure track committee of the faculty: at the entry of the track, after two years and after five years. The majority of the faculties use the same criteria to evaluate the promotion applications of internal candidates.
The following faculties have their criteria on their website. The first two websites are in Dutch, but will soon be translated to English.
For the other faculties you can ask your HR manager about the procedures and criteria for promotion.
UT activities for women
Training programmes and courses
Grants for women in science
NWO closely monitors ‘women in science’ and launched various policy initiatives. More information can be found here. One of the initiatives is the introduction of special programms for women:
MEERVOUD (MEER Vrouwelijke Onderzoekers als UD) for post-docs engaged in research in biology, the earth sciences, mathematics, computer science, chemistry and other physical sciences
Athena for Veni laureates
Aspasia for Vidi and Vici laureates
FOm/v (in Dutch) (FOM, Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter) for Ph.D.s and post-docs.
Prices and scholarships for women in science
KNAW Merianprijs (in Dutch) price of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for excellent female scientists.
Minerva price (in Dutch) (FOM, Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter) price for the best article written by a female physicist.
Marina van Damme price (in Dutch) (Universiteitsfonds University of Twente) for a successful alumna of the university. Since 2010 it is called the Marina van Damme Scholarship.
Professor De Winter price (in Dutch) (Universiteitsfonds University of Twente) publication price for female talent
Loreal international fellowships program fellowships for women in life sciences
Catharine van Tussenbroek fonds (in Dutch) scholarships for female scientist to travel abroad
Workshops and courses in and outside the University of Twente
The career development centre of the University of Twente organizes courses for UT employees. Contact person is Marjolein Rietman.
NWO-Talent Classes and NWO-Talent Days: NWO, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, organizes workshops for young researchers, Ph.D.s and post-docs. The Talent Classes (6 times per year, 1 topic per day) and Talent Days (2 times per year, 2 topics per day) are intensive one day programs covering different topics such as networking, presentations for the media and successful publishing.
Intermediair Trainingen (in Dutch) organizes many courses regarding leadership, management and coaching.
Articles in UT news
Interview with Sara Shinton (in Dutch) (November 2010)
Interview with Wietske Bijker (Vice Chair of FFNT) (October 2010)
Article about the FFNT survey (in Dutch) (October 2010)
Interview with Liudvika Leisyte (Chair of FFNT) (in Dutch) (September 2010)
Interview with Virginia Valian (March 2010)
Interview with Anne Flierman (in Dutch) Angelica Mader and Joyce Berger interviewed Anne Flierman about career opportunities for women at the UT. (March 2010)
Other interesting Articles
Hoe vrouwelijke profs werken aan een old-girls netwerk, (in Dutch) article in Intermediar (March 2011)
Prof en moeder zijn, elders kan het prima, (in Dutch) article in NRC next (March 2010)
Mevrouw de Professor, (in Dutch) article in Esta (February 2010)
Vrouwen die de top wel hebben gehaald, (in Dutch) article in de Volkskrant containing a portrait of Petra de Weerd-Nederhof who is a professor at the UT. (October 2009)
Hoogleraren zijn in Nederland nog vooral man, (in Dutch) article in de Volkskrant. (October 2009)
Crumbling Ivory Towers: Academic Organizing and its Gender Effects, Yvonne Benschop and Margo Brouns, Gender, Work and Organization, 10 (2), 194-212, 2003
Interesting books
Nice Girls Don’t get the corner office, 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
Lois Frankel, Little, Brown & Company, 288 pages, 2004
ISBN: 0446531324
Opzij! Opzij! Opzij! 101 adviezen om carrière te maken voor vrouwen. (in Dutch)
Lois Frankel, Uitgeverij Arena, 270 pagina’s, 2005
ISBN: 9069747081
Why so slow, Advancement Of Women
Virginia Valian, MIT Press, 424 pages, 1999
ISBN: 0262720310
Numbers and statistics
Present and target numbers regarding women at top positions at the University of Twente.
Monitor women professors 2009. The state of affairs with respect to women in university positions and academic decision-making bodies
Websites related to FFNT workshops and lectures
The website of Virginia Valian regarding the Gender Equity Projects contains a lot of information about women in science, professional development, etc.
Other links
NTR documentary about successful leadership: The female leader (in Dutch).
The television program All women on top (in Dutch) is broadcasted on RTL7.
Vrouw en Wetenschap (in Dutch) - website about women in science.
Information about the VAWO Scientists’ Union (vakbond) (mostly in Dutch). Jorgen Svensson is the representative at the University of Twente.
Lof (in Dutch) - website for working mothers.
Nederlands Genootschap Vrouwenstudies (in Dutch) - website of the Institute for Gender Studies of the Radboud University Nijmegen.
VHTO - National expert organisation girls/women and science/technology makes an effort to increase the involvement of women and girls in science and technology education, the technological employment market and government policy.
http://www.talentnaardetop.nl/ Het initiatief voor meer vrouwen naar de top. Het Charter Talent naar de Top is een publiek commitment, een code met heldere afspraken voor het realiseren van m/v diversiteit aan de (sub) top. Ondertekening van het Charter is vrijwillig maar niet vrijblijvend.
