{"id":146,"date":"2021-03-03T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/?p=146"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:13:06","slug":"iwd-celebrating-early-career-researchers-at-the-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/2021\/03\/03\/iwd-celebrating-early-career-researchers-at-the-university\/","title":{"rendered":"IWD: celebrating Early Career Researchers at the University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEXsTpSqdQ\/5kJOI5UUnE-sR0FPEtHpkw\/view?utm_content=DAEXsTpSqdQ&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=publishsharelink\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-2048x881.png 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/athenaswan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-05-at-12.50.03-500x215.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, as part of <em>Athena Swan Anniversary stories<\/em> series, we have talked about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/announcements\/growing-number-of-female-professors-at-bath\/\">growing number of women in professoriate<\/a> and raised the profile of various routes to professorial roles. For this year's International Women's Day (IWD) feature, ED&amp;I team and Researcher Development Manager Amy Birch teamed up to look into highlighting our talented women in Early Career Researchers (ECRs) community. Various research areas, backgrounds, experiences and aspirations are featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEXsTpSqdQ\/5kJOI5UUnE-sR0FPEtHpkw\/view?utm_content=DAEXsTpSqdQ&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=publishsharelink\">artwork celebrating women ECRs at Bath<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"<span class=\"TextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\">International Women\u2019s Day is always an opportunity to celebrate women\u2019s achievement\", says Amy. She adds: \"This year, the theme, Choose to Challenge, is a call to action for us all to challenge our own biases or assumptions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEXsTpSqdQ\/5kJOI5UUnE-sR0FPEtHpkw\/view?utm_content=DAEXsTpSqdQ&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=publishsharelink\">This project<\/a>, celebrating early career researchers and academics at Bath, challenges our preconceptions of what an \u2018expert\u2019 or \u2018<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SCXW29259562 BCX9\">boffin<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\">\u2019 looks like, and celebrates what can be achieved at any stage in your career when you have confidence in who you are and what you do. These talented researchers also share the support they have received to enable them to be their best, highlighting\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29259562 BCX9\">that a more creative, inclusive and transparent research culture will enable everyone to thrive.\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, as part of Athena Swan Anniversary stories series, we have talked about a growing number of women in professoriate and raised the profile of various routes to professorial roles. 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