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WATTLE stands for

Women ATTaining
LEadership

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Empowering women to share, learn, lead and achieve

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Established in 2018, WATTLE is an intensive leadership development and networking program which empowers women to attain and succeed in senior university leadership roles.

WATTLE brings together women identified as potential leaders across the university sector to provide an intensive leadership and networking program that is designed, and run, by senior academic and professional staff in the university sector.

WATTLE aims to

Empower women to attain senior university leadership roles in professional and academic areas

Strengthen and augment the pipeline of women for leadership

Address the gender imbalance in senior academic and managerial positions at a time of public interest and of tertiary sector reform

Develop an Australia-wide network of women, promoting collaboration across the sector and continued development of individuals

Build research, teaching and administrative leadership skills of individuals and enhance the research, teaching and administrative capability of their universities

Contribute to the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) program, which is dedicated to improving equity, diversity and inclusion in higher education and research.”

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Reconnecting with WATTLE Alumnae

Our Alumnae event is a biennial highlight. We welcome our past participants to come together to pause, reflect, reconnect and learn.

At the 2023 symposium, we asked attendees to tell us what WATTLE means to them. This is what they told us.

WATTLE in the words of our participants

WATTLE got me thinking more deeply about my strengths and values and where I was in my career.
MAREEWATTLE participant
So much of my confidence and understanding of who I am, what my brand is, and what I can do in my professional career, has been cemented for me through WATTLE. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
KatWATTLE participant
Participating in WATTLE is all about building community around yourself. It’s a relaxed, supportive environment that provides an opportunity to meet other female leaders, listen to a range of speakers that shed light on their lived experience, both the good and not-so-good.
SoniaWATTLE participant
I really appreciate WATTLE for all that it does and for all the capacity development it does for women in tertiary leadership.
MichelleWATTLE participant
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