Vice-Chancellor's Gender Equality Fund Final Report 2020: A Reconciliation of Parenting and Studying: Supporting Student Mothers During COVID-19 and Beyond

Dorothea Bowyer, Milissa Deitz, Tinashe Dune, Hollie Hammond, Anne Jamison, Anita Ogbeide, Chloe Taylor, Jaime Ross

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Abstract

This project stems from a wider research project on the career cycles and experiences of academic mothers returning to work after one or more periods of maternity leave, including the ongoing impact of COVID-19. This research forms part of several research initiatives conducted through the Engaged Parent Network via different internal funding initiatives (WSU Summer Scholarship; VC's GEF; WSU Research Theme Grant Assistance Scheme; and, SHCA Collaborative RIF). The research team operate collaboratively across several Schools" Business, Health Sciences, Medicine, Humanities and Communication Arts" and have been centrally supported by the Writing and Society Research Centre. During 2020, the team also included 3 WSU student RAs. The current project extends this ongoing research to the experiences of student-mothers at Western with a view to better understanding the challenges student-mothers face at university and the gendered barriers to effective participation in their studies.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationPenrith, N.S.W.
PublisherWestern Sydney University
Number of pages39
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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