1. I Will Lead the Way: A cornerstone of the Women in Leadership priority
The vision of the Women in Leadership (WIL) priority is to create, support and develop a future generation of women leaders in the student movement and the wider world, by removing barriers and changing cultures.
One of the key initiatives as a part of this is the I Will Lead the Way scheme, which seeks to provide women full time officers (sabbaticals) with the resources they need to become successful leaders and role models.
Women make up an average of 59% of students.
However, only 45% of student officers are women, and a tiny 35% of women officers are presidents.

2. Introduction from Toni Pearce
Women in Leadership
Introduction from Toni Pearce

3. Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty
Women in Leadership
Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty

4. Women in Leadership http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykMok3MS-oo
From : mins
11 minutes clip

5. ‘I Will Lead the Way’ coaching project
Pilot began in February 2014
86 Coaching partnerships
Coachee
Coach
Women standing for first time
Full time officers
Women running for president
Existing president
Women presidents
Leading women from third sector

6. Why be a coach? Flexibility
Different levels of coaching to suit the commitments of different coaches.
Level 1- A minimum of a one hour telephone call per month
Level 2- As per level 1 with additional face-to-face meetings
Level 3- As per level 2 with opportunities for shadowing and/or work placements
Training
Training guides are provided by .
Coaches can sign up to optional webinars for extra support- as they are online they are cost effective and convenient.
Career development
Coaching someone else is an excellent way to develop your own skills

7. Intersectionality of coachees
23%
22%
20%
18% 9%
* defined by NUS as African, Asian, Arabic and Caribbean heritage, and other non-European groups
Data on UK students from Equality in higher education: statistical report 2013 by Equality Challenge Unit

8. Areas to address Use our networks to access more intersectional women.
Black and Disabled women are underrepresented as coachees.
We have a significant lack of Black women as coaches.
Only 12% of our coaches are presidents. We need to recruit as many as possible.

9. Panel: Women in Leadership
Toni Pearce – NUS President
Miki Vyse- President of Leeds Trinity/Block of 15
Emily O’Connor-President of Sheffield Hallam
Laura Jackson-President York St John
Shakira Martin- President of LESOCO/Block of 15
Ellie Scouller- President of Falmouth
Emily Beever- President of Aberdeen

10. Panel: Women in Leadership
What has been your experiences of student politics as a woman?
What has been your experience of the ‘I Will Lead the Way’ coaching programme?
How can we use coaching in the future?

11. Networking tables
How could coaching be used within students unions to increase women in leadership positions?
How could you practically implement a coaching project?
Consider:
What you want to achieve?
The design of the project
Stakeholders
Implementation
Evaluation

12. Moving forward ‘I Will Lead the Way’ – August/September cohort
Sign up as a coach
Encourage women at your unions to sign up as coachees in the new academic year.
Website: wwwiwillleadtheway.org.uk – sign up/more info
Flyers

13. St Paul’s Women in Leadership Event
Attend: Wednesday 16th July -7pm-9pm, London
Free event- see flyers.
From 9th July - Take a selfie holding up a sign that fills in the blank after “I will…” or “I won’t…” – for example:
I will lead. #womenleaders
I will confront barriers. #womenleaders
I won’t accept less. #womenleaders
I won’t tolerate discrimination. #womenleaders
I will support my women colleagues. #womenleaders
I won’t be told I can’t make it. #womenleaders
I will celebrate when women are bishops. #womenleaders

14. Closing from Toni Pearce
Women in Leadership
Closing from Toni Pearce