Arachne, self-care and ‘power-nets’ on women’s self-development programmes

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Table 1. Main SSPs discussed in this study.

Type of programme/ activity	Participants (approx.) Corporate service (CS); Academic (AC)	Length	Description
Personal & professional development programme- women only	35 CS/ AC Female only	4 days over 3 months	Tailor made, lectures, guest speakers, group work, role play, discussion, home study
Personal & professional development for women researchers	15 AC Female only	4 days over 2 months	Tailor made, lectures, guest speakers, group work, role play, discussion, home study
Cross organisational leadership course for women	30 AC/CS Female only	5 days over 3 months	Tailor made, lectures, guest speakers, group work, role play, discussion, home study
Sociodrama workshop mixed gender	10 AC Attendees a mix of genders	4 hours	Interactive session involving role and discussion
Mindfulness and self- compassion mixed gender	15 AC/CS Predominantly female attendees	6 weeks	Experiential session involving practice and discussion
Resilience workshop mixed gender	12 CS/ AC Predominantly female attendees	I day	Tailor made, lectures, group work, discussion
Communication skills workshop mixed gender	14 AC/CS Predominantly female attendees	1 day	Tailor made, lectures, group work, discussion
Coaching and mentoring course mixed gender	12 CS/AC Predominantly female attendees	12 days over 3 months	Tailor made, lectures, group work, role play, discussion, home study, assignments, coaching practice
Leadership and management course Mixed gender	15 CS Predominantly female attendees	8 days + Residential weekend	University led, lectures, group work, role play, discussion, group presentations (to managers), assignments, 360 appraisal, coaching
Interdepartmental residential mixed gender	30 AC Attendees mix of genders	3 days	University led, lectures, group work, role play, discussion, group presentations

Table 2. Main programmes discussed in semi-structured interviews with female participants.

Programmes discussed in interviews (Note: some participants discussed more than one).	Sector/ role of semi-structured interviews Corporate service (CS); academic (AC); facilitator/ manager (F)
A. Gender specific personal and professional development (PPD) programme	6 female (all CS)
B. Leadership programme for women	4 female (3AC)
C. Mixed gender leadership programme	3 female (CS)
D. Mixed gender coaching and mentoring course	4 female (2 CS, 2 AC)
F. Women researcher PPD course (AC)	2 female (2AC)
G. Mixed gender residential	4 female (all AC)
I. Mixed gender mindfulness programme	2 female (all AC)
G. Mixed gender resilience programme	2 females (1 AC, 1 CS)
F. Other programmes	5 female (F)