Learning to be leaders in higher education: What helps or hinders women's advancement as leaders in universities

This paper describes results from an online survey of 26 women from 8 universities, describing times when work and non-work situations have helped or hindered their advancement in university leadership roles. From the 110 reported incidents, 5 categories of factors that make a difference to advancement as leaders have been identified. This research is part of the L-SHIP (Leadership- Supporting Higher Intent & Practice) project and has two main aims. First, to identify factors in universities that help and hinder women’s advancement as leaders, as reported by women; second, to produce practical programmes for aspiring leaders and tertiary institutions on how to identify what helps and hinders advancement in university leadership roles, and how to develop effective programmes to harness strengths and address barriers. This research is a first step to the L-SHIP Toolkit for good practice in leadership development in higher education

La sorveglianza delle paralisi flaccide acute nella Regione Marche (1997-2003).

As referral centre for the Marche region, within the national acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance program, coordinated by the National Institute of Health, the Department of Hygiene of the University of Ancona, launched its surveillance activities in February 1997, by involving pediatric, neurology and infectious disease departments of 20 hospitals. The expected number of AFP cases in the Marche region is 2 per year. Between 1997 and 2003, a total of 16 cases were reported, 2 of which in 1997 (yielding an incidence rate of 1/100000), 4 in 1998 (incidence rate 2/100000), 2 in 1999 (incidence rate 1/100000), 1 in 2000 (incidence rate 0.5/100000), 6 in 2001(incidence rate 3/100000), 2 in 2002 (incidence rate 1/100000) and no cases in 2003. These results are very encouraging and point to active participation of all the hospital centres involved