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Family and Part-Time Working Group

The Family-friendly and Part-Time Working Group aims to provide support and visibility to members of the department who are in a caring role, including those going on, or returning from, parental leave. We also support those seeking flexible careers, career breaks or part-time employment.

Working group members

Laura WinchesterAndrea-Reinecke

Co-leads Laura Winchester and Andrea Reinecke

 

Alastair Cockburn PhD Andrey Kormilitzin - Senior Research ScientistAnthony Quinn - NIHR SMILE Bioresource Project ManagerClare Coull - Team administrator, CREDOBSc(Hons), MSc, DPhil Lauren Atkinson - Postdoctoral ResearcherPhD ClinPsyD Lalitha Iyadurai - Senior Researcher: Translational Science of FlourishingMRCPsych, PhD Robert McCutcheon - Associate Professor

Working group members: Alastair Cockburn, Andrey Kormilitzin, Anthony Quinn, Clare Coull, Emma Craig, Lali Iyadurai, Lauren Atkinson, Rob McCutcheon, Victoria Stalker.

Action Plan

Aim 1: Enhance inclusivity in career development for those with caring responsibilities or part time working patterns.

Aim 2: Encourage visibility, knowledge and access of part-time / flexible working and family-friendly university and departmental-level schemes and support

Aim 3: Enhance support for older members of staff

Aim 4: Support and raise awareness of gender equality issues

 

RESOURCES

 

Activities

Previous activities include:

  • 10-days Professional Development - we supported initiatives to help staff utilise the annual training entitlement. See Department's SharePoint page.
  • June 2025: A networking café - caring for elderly relatives, identifying the need to improve awareness of resources, with future development of a Carer Guide.
  • May 2025: We took a May Day Walk & Talk in South Parks, for time to meet new members and catch up.
  • 2024: A networking café - identifying challenges in career development for those working part-time.
  • We produced a Guide for Parents and Carers working in the department, detailing the support available (download as a Word document or as a PDF).
  • A networking café for carers, including a focus on childcare possibilities and support.
  • We heard from two staff members about experience securing support from the Returning Carers’ Fund.
  • An interactive seminar - Maximising Opportunities in Flexible Work-Life Balance and Career Breaks.

  • We launched a new scheme to support career development of carers and others who may find it hard to access traditional career development support.

  • We ran a menopause awareness month which included a range of talks and informal sharing sessions.

If you are Interested in joining this group or simply finding out more about what the group does, please contact the team lead/s.  You are also welcome to join our next session to hear more. 

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