Call for Participants

STEM Equals call for participants

Focus Groups/Interviews

For Phase one of the study, the STEM Equals research team are seeking participants for one-hour focus groups or interviews who identify as one or more of the following:

  • Women and/or LGBT+ academic/research/teaching/KE staff members at the University of Strathclyde working in Science or Engineering

  • Women and/or LGBT+ academic/research/teaching/KE staff members at the University of Strathclyde from STEM disciplines working in HASS or the Business School

  • Women and/or LGBT+ PhD students at the University of Strathclyde studying in Science or Engineering

  • Women and/or LGBT+ PhD students at the University of Strathclyde studying from STEM disciplines studying in HASS or the Business School

  • Staff members who are currently or have recently (in the last five years) served in a university-level leadership role

If you do not meet any of the above criteria, but still wish to be involved or take part in the research, this is just the first phase of the four-year study, so there will be more opportunities to participate in future interviews/focus groups or surveys.

Find Out More or Get Involved

For more information about the study, please see the Participant Information Sheets. If you have further questions or would like to be a part of the study, please contact us by email at stemequals@strath.ac.uk

Help us

If you want to help us and spread the word, download our Call for Participants Poster. You can print it, display it in your department, or share it with your colleagues. 

STEM Equals Profiles

You are invited to be featured in a STEM Equals profile for which we will ask you ten questions about you, about your research, and about your path into STEM. Profiles are published on the STEM Equals website and will be shared over the STEM Equals social media channels, through email and printed newsletters, as profile trading cards, and in publicity for the project, including in presentations and other media forms. You can choose to be featured in a STEM Equals profile without participating in any form of research data collection. Informed Consent will always be sought when research data is being collected. You may be invited to participate in additional activities for the project and/or in additional research activities for the study, for example individual interviews, surveys, or further focus groups. You will be asked for your consent at each individual point.

You are invited to take part in a STEM Equals profile if you meet one or more of the following criteria:

  • You are an academic/research/teaching/KE staff member or PhD student who identifies as a woman working in STEM and/or from a STEM background     

  • You are an academic/research/teaching/KE staff member or PhD student who identifies as LGBT+ working in STEM and/or from a STEM background 

Find Out More or Get Involved

For more information about STEM Equals Profiles, please see the Participant Information Sheets. If you have further questions or would like to be a part of STEM Equals Profiles, please contact us by email at stemequals@strath.ac.uk. If you want to help us and spread the word, share our call with your colleagues.