Astrea News

UCL Astrea committee vacancies - expressions of interest invited

We are seeking volunteers to join the Astrea committee and have some vacancies for specialist roles. Could you help us run Astrea?

Spotlight on... Alice Chilver

Meet Alice Chilver, one of Astrea's original co-founders. We chat to Alice to mark the ten year anniversary of the Astrea network.

Could you be the new Budget Lead for the UCL Astrea network for women in professional services?

UCL Astrea is seeking a Budget Lead to join the Astrea committee, with the deadline for applications on Friday 15th December 2023.

Revisiting our Inspirational Female Line Managers - Introductions and Inspirations

Last year, Astrea launched a campaign inviting members of the network to send us their stories celebrating truly supportive line managers. Astrea recently caught up with three of our Inspirational Female Line Managers to reflect on their nominations, share their personal experiences of leadership and their own inspirational female line managers, as well as diving into how they cope with managing change and supporting staff career development.

Revisiting our Inspirational Female Line Managers - Leadership, Management and EDI

Welcome to the second article in the Astrea Policy Team’s ‘Revisiting our Inspirational Female Line Managers’ series!

Meet Paola Lettieri: Happy to Chat project sponsor

Meet Professor Paola Lettieri, Pro-Provost for UCL East, and one of the sponsors of the Happy to Chat benches.

Meet Simon Buller: Happy to Chat project sponsor

Meet Simon Buller, Director of Operations at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, and one of the sponsors of the Happy to Chat benches.

Meet Ian Dancy: Happy to Chat project sponsor

Ian Dancy, Executive Director of Operations, Campus Experience & Infrastructure, met with Pip Jackson, Astrea Co-chair and Head of Inclusive Environments for a chat on World Mental Health Day.

Spotlight on... Aparna Murthy

Meet Aparna, Programme Analyst in the Programme Management Office and Co-Chair of Astrea alongside Ferdouse Akhter and Pip Jackson.

Spotlight on... Ferdouse Akhter

Meet Ferdouse, the Marketing and Community Manager at the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Co-Chair of Astrea alongside Aparna Murthy and Pip Jackson.

Happy to Chat bench launch

The launch of our inaugural bench in the UCL Main Quad took place on Monday 11 September with Aimie Chapple, Vice-President (Operations).

Members of the Astrea community came together to celebrate the occasion and take part in a standing yoga session.

These eye-catching benches serve the whole UCL community, to combat loneliness by providing opportunities to connect with people

Stop by to try out the bench and post your photos on social media using #UCLHappytoChatBenches

Spotlight on... Liz Mooney

Meet Liz, Senior Project Manager at Digital Campus Experience, and one of the Deputy Co-Chairs for UCL Astrea. Here, she chats to UCL News about her latest project leading the instalment of ‘Happy to Chat’ benches at UCL.

Spotlight on... Pip Jackson

Meet Pip, Head of Inclusive Environments within Campus Experience and Infrastructure and Co-Chair of Astrea.

Spotlight on... Loleta Fahad

Meet Loleta, Head of Career Development based in Organisational Development and Co-Chair of Astrea.

Astrea Celebrates Inspirational Female Line Managers

Find out more about our campaign, where we invited members of the network to send us their stories celebrating truly supportive line managers. You can also catch up on the recording of the round-table discussion and Q&A with some of the fantastic nominees.

WHEN's Sharing the Caring report: a snapshot of gender equality in the home during lockdown

WHEN's Sharing the Caring survey garnered over 1,000 responses, taking a snapshot of gender equality in the home during lockdown. Here the Astrea committee shares the highlights and ideas for action.

Spotlight on Athena Swan

How the gender equality charter is supporting women in Professional Services at UCL By Ana Faro, EDI Project Manager at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Astrea Policy Lead

A day in the life of Natalie Humphrey

Take a look at a day in the life of different women working in Professional Services across UCL. This feature is on Natalie Humphrey, Head of Student Support and Wellbeing at UCL.

Themes at the 2019 WHEN Conference: Labels and our own identity

In 2019 Astrea sponsored six women to attend the WHEN conference, and here's what they had to say about what stood out most for them on the day.

A day in the life of Giselle Tesoro

Take a look at a day in the life of different women working in Professional Services across UCL. This feature is on Giselle Tesoro, Training Operations and Digital Learning Lead.

Astrea Interviews Dame Nicola Brewer

The Astrea team sat down with Dame Nicola Brewer, Vice Provost International to discuss her incredible career and especially her experiences of leadership.

Astrea responds to the UCL Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap 2018 report

Last month UCL published it gender and ethnicity pay gap report revealing a pronounced gap in earnings of UCL staff by gender and ethnicity. Read on for Astrea's response to the report.