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TU Eindhoven: Vacancies for academic staff exclusively for women for the time being


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Through its new Irène Curie Fellowship program, TU/e is opening up vacancies for permanent academic staff exclusively to women in the first six months of recruitment. For the next year and a half, this will apply to 100 percent of vacancies, after which the university will review the percentage covered by the scheme each year. The measure is intended to achieve a better gender balance. In the coming years, the university will have some 150 positions to fill.

Starter package
Under this scheme, female newcomers will receive an extra starter package specifically tailored to them. For each new Fellow in this program, the TU/e Board will make an additional 100,000 euros available they can use for their own research line, along with a special mentoring program for this new intake.

A big step forward
“We attach great importance to equal respect and opportunities for women and men,” explains Rector Frank Baaijens of TU/e. “And it has long been known that a diverse workforce performs better. It leads to better strategies, more creative ideas and faster innovation. That’s why we’ve had measures in place for years to increase the low percentage of women among our academic staff, but we’re progressing too slowly. We’re aware that we are suffering from an implicit gender bias. We are now using the fact that plans to expand our academic staff considerably in the coming years can be used as a means to make a big step forward in one fell swoop.”

Minimum of five years
This week, the TU/e Board decides to start the Irène Curie Fellowship program on 1 July. This will run for at least five years. During that time, the university will have over 150 permanent vacancies to fill. Whether or not all of these will fall under the program is yet to be seen. However, for the first year and a half, it is set at 100 percent. After that, the program will be evaluated annually and the percentage will be adjusted if necessary.

50 percent of new assistant professors
Vacancies for which a good female candidate has not been found within six months will be reopened outside of the program. Nevertheless, it will remain the case that the application committee must nominate at least one female candidate and one male candidate. All in all, TU/e wants at least half of all newly-appointed assistant professors to be women. The minimum for associate professors and full professors will be 35 percent.

The measure has been checked against European legislation. It allows to target recruitment from among underrepresented groups.

Irène Curie
Irène Curie (1897-1956) won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935 and was an active advocate for women’s rights in education and science. Irène Curie was the daughter of the equally famous scientist Marie Curie, the first female Nobel Prize winner. Baaijens: “Irène Curie is a symbol for the next generation of female academics that we want to attract.”

https://www.tue.nl/en/working-at-tue/scientific-staff/irene-curie-fellowship/

Quelle: PR - TU Eindhoven, June17, 2019

Pressestimmen:

100-Prozent-Quote Diese Uni stellt nur noch Frauen ein
"Die TU Eindhoven vergibt Jobs nur noch an Frauen. Hier erklärt Rektor Frank Baaijens, warum er die 100-Prozent-Quote für nötig hält - und wieso weibliche Mitarbeiter 100.000 Euro extra bekommen." Ein Interview von Franca Quecke mit auf Rektor Frank Baaijens auf spiegel.de.

Bitte keine Männer
"An der TU Eindhoven sollen sich nur noch Frauen auf ein Förderprogramm für Wissenschaftler bewerben dürfen. Das ist falsch." Ein Kommentar von Christian Weber auf sueddeutsche.de

Exzellenz geht nur mit Diversität
"Bis zur Geschlechterparität wird es an vielen Unis beim jetzigen Tempo Jahrzehnte dauern. Ein Fehler: Exzellenz geht nur mit Diversität, sagt unser Kolumnist Jan-Martin Wiarda." tagesspiegel.de 

Niederländische Hochschule stellt nur noch Frauen ein
"Die Technische Uni Eindhoven greift zu weitreichenden Maßnahmen, um die Frauenquote anzuheben. Es sollen vorerst nur noch Frauen Dozentenstellen bekommen. Das ruft nicht nur Zustimmung hervor." Ein Beitrag von Klaus Max Smolka auf faz.de.

Positive Diskriminierung
TU Eindhoven stellt bevorzugt Frauen ein

"An der Technische Universität Eindhoven arbeiten nur wenige Frauen – in diesem Punkt ist die TU verglichen mit anderen Unis in den Niederlanden das Schlusslicht. Das soll anders werden, deshalb werden Bewerberinnen jetzt bevorzugt." Ein Beitrag auf Deutschlandfunk Nova.