The GENERA PAM Tool
– Find measures to improve on Gender equality in your institution
– Removing barriers to the recruitment and career progression of female researchers
– Recruit more female physicists
– Increase the pool of female physicists
Where do you want to become active?
Attract more women/girls to study physics
| Potential activities | Examples for measures | Indicators related to the activity | Indicators related to the target = Indicators to measure changes |
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| Researchers go to schools | • Talks • Awards for outreach to schools | • # of talks • # children reached, by sex • # schools reached • # people applying for the award, by sex • # people awarded, by sex | • Bachelor students |
| Events and activities for pupils | • Labs for school students • Science Camp • Kid's University • Physics Project Days • Girls-Only workshops • Orientation Days • Information events for parents and girls | • # of events (labs, science camps, kid's university) • # of pupils participating (per year or per event), by sex |
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| Invite girls to RPO | • Girls Day | • # of girls days held • # of girls participating (per year or per event) |
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| Training and supporting teachers | • Gender awareness workshops • Trainings for teachers or students of educational science • Providing teaching material | • # of teachers trained, by sex • # of trainings held |
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| Mentoring for (female) high school students | • Mentoring (yes/no) • Annual budget allocated in EUR • # of mentored high school students, by sex |
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| Internships | • Internships for school students or specifically for girls | • # of internships organized • # of pupils doing an internship (per year), by sex |
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| Projects with schools | • # of projects • # of schools reached • # of pupils reached, by sex |
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| Make your female researchers more visible (use role models) | • Brochures • Exhibitions • Booklets with portraits or presentations • Portraits in the university press or on campus • Videos on youtube | • # of articles / portraits /brochures • # of exhibitions • # of videos |
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| Provide physics games | • Advent calendar | • # of advent calendars distributed • # of website visitors |
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| Marketing activities | • Using Social Media • Webpages / videos of current students | • # of videos online • # of postings on social media • # of followers • # of video views • # website visitors • # of likes |
| Potential activities | Examples for measures | Indicators related to the activity | Indicators related to the target = Indicators to measure changes |
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| PhD programmes for women only | • PhD program for women only established (yes/no) | • Master students • PhD students • Graduates with Bachelor degree • Graduates with Master degree • Share of PhD students with scholarship/with contract • PhD, doctoral or equivalent students who finished their studies |
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| Using social media | • Produce video clips • Change storybook of the Big Bang Theory, add a major female physicist | • # of video clips • # of views |
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| Mentoring for students | • Peer to peer mentoring for (female) students • Cross-faculty mentoring programmes for students and female early career researchers | • # of students mentored, by sex |
Please click on the activities associated with your task and study the suggested measures and indicators.
