Mapping Resources

The mapping will be achieved through a kick-off symposium that will be bring together researchers, practitioners and interested stake-holders to ‘map’ the field of gender and leadership in Vietnam. This mapping work will refer to the policy context, research literature and ‘grey literature’ and will be summarized in a literature review that will be submitted for publication. The mapping process and the assets and resources that relate to it will be archived on here on the EnPOWER website on this page.

Kick-off symposium and a final symposium

The kick-off symposium took place on 28 June 2022 and included contributions from key researchers as well as inputs from women leaders, policy-makers and senior leaders with responsibility for people development in HE settings. This event brought together key stake-holders into dialogue to identify key issues and concerns and agenda for change. The kick-off symposium also helped to frame the production of the literature review.

There are various resources associated to this event which can be access through this webpage which includes:

The symposium included a Welcome and Introduction from:

Professor Alex Kendall – Welcome and Introduction to EnPOWER

There was a Panel Presentation around the ‘life as a woman leader’ and the powerpoints can be accessed below:

Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas - Key issues for women in HE contexts, lessons from the UK
Dr Julia Everitt - Literature Review – Key themes and authors
Dr Trang Tri Thu Nguyen – Case Studies and Lived experience of a woman leader
Dr Hai Pham – Case Studies and Lived Experiences of Women Leaders in the Vietnam Context
Dr Rina Lazarian-Chehab – Researcher about women in leadership in Vietnam
Jane Phuong Pham – Researcher about women in leadership in Vietnam

The symposium also included EnPOWER Project Next Steps presentations which can be accessed from this webpage:

Dr Amanda French - EnPOWER Next Steps 1: Join the Community of Practice: Life as a woman leader.
Dr Kate Carruthers Thomas - EnPOWER Next Steps 2: Join the Visual ethnography – Researching lived experience as a woman leader in HE

Literature review

This literature review is being undertaken between April and July 2022 and is exploring the policy context at national, regional and institutional levels as well as research literature and grey literature. In the summer 2022 a recommendations for change document will be created.

Read an update on the literature review and this symposium which was presented by Dr Julia Everitt.

Final symposium

The final symposium for the EnPOWER project took place on 24 March 2023. It was a hybrid event that ran face-to-face at The University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and online to enable international participants to join.

Presentation	Presenter and University
1) The University of Education Leader’s speech	Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quy Thanh Rector of the University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
2) The British Council Leader in Vietnam’s speech
3) Introduction to the project EnPOWER	Dr. Doan Nguyet Linh The University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
4) Feedback on survey findings + discussion	Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang HCMC University of Education
5) Peer researchers Creative activity on the day – artefact /carrier bag. Everyone to bring an object that says something about the professional life in HE – for discussion in small groups.	Dr. Doan Nguyet Linh The University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang HCMC University of Education
6) Introducing the EnPOWER Project	Dr Alex Kendall LSBE University, UK
7) Creating a community of practice and collective ethnography about women leaders in HE in Vietnam	Dr Amanda French Birmingham City University, UK
8) EnPOWER Literature Review: Structural and Conceptual Themes	Dr Julia Everitt Birmingham City University, UK
9) Peer Researchers – what participation looked like and visual platforms	Dr Amanda French Birmingham City University, UK. Dr Kate Curruthers-Thomas Birmingham City University, UK
10) Sustaining our community of practice and collective ethnography about women leaders in HE in Vietnam	Dr Amanda French Birmingham City University, UK