Impact of COVID - 19 on Women in STEM

Impact of COVID - 19 on Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) in Scotland

Equate Scotland are collecting data to help inform and shape the service provision we provide to Women in STEM during COVID -19. We would very much appreciate if you could take 5 minutes to complete our short questionnaire.

We are interested to find out how women’s employment has been impacted during COVID - 19 and what women’s services that Equate Scotland currently provide or could provide would help you during this time.

The data we collect will be anonymised and will be used for Equate Scotland purposes only. We also intend repeat the same survey in March 2021 to gather further data on how you have been impacted after the job retention scheme ends in October 2020.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Email address

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* 3. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
The Equality Act 2010 defines a disabled person as someone who has a mental or physical impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Do you consider yourself to be disabled as set out under the Equality Act 2010?

Yes

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* 4. Ethnic background
Which of these ethnic backgrounds do you consider you belong to? (please select one option)

White English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish/UK

White Irish

White Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Any other White background

Mixed ethnic background

Indian

Pakistani

Bangladeshi

Chinese

Any other Asian background

African

Any other Black / African / Caribbean background

Arab

Any other ethnic group

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* 5. What sector are you in?

Science

Technology

Engineering

Built Environment

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Are you:

Currently working

On furlough

Seeking work

Taking a career break

Studying

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Since March 2020 have you experienced furlough or redundancy due to the impact of COVID - 19?

Furlough

Redundancy

Furlough and Redundancy

Neither

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* 8. Since March 2020, have your hours of work been reduced or increased due to the impact of COVID -19?

Reduced

Increased

Stayed the same

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* 9. Have you been working from home since the COVID -19 outbreak?

Yes

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* 10. Did you work from home at all prior to the COVID-19 outbreak?

Yes

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* 11. Has your work pattern changed due to COVID-19?

Yes

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* 12. If yes to question 11, please tell us more about your particular work pattern and how it has changed during COVID-19 e.g. working different hours/flexibly/more/less hours/different days/condensed hours etc

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* 13. Do you have caring responsibilities e.g. for children or older relatives etc?

Yes

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* 14. If you answered yes to question 13, are you?

Co - parenting

Lone parenting

Co - caring

Lone - caring

Other

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* 15. If you answered yes to question 13, have you been homeschooling during COVID - 19?

Yes

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* 16. Have you felt fully supported by your employer to work safely and effectively during COVID - 19?

Yes

Not applicable

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* 17. Has your employer provided any of the following?

Providing an allowance to buy furniture e.g chair, desk

Providing equipment such as a laptop, tablet, printer

Regular check-ins such as virtual 121s or team meetings

Provided COVID-19 testing kits to staff who show symptoms of the virus

Allowed you to work flexibly

Offered time or support with home schooling

None of the above

Not applicable

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Are there any other ways your employer could support you during this time where they have not done so thus far?

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* 19. Have you accessed any of the Equate Scotland services below?

Career Coaching

Career Clinics

Equate CV Service

Equate CareerHub

Equate MeetUps

Equate Scotland workshops/ webinars for women (E.g Media and Public Speaking, Managing Change)

Career Enhancement Programme

Careerwise Placements

Other (please specify).

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* 20. What type of support would you most benefit from, from Equate Scotland:

Career guidance and advice

Mentoring

Employment opportunities

Networking opportunities with employers or other women professionals

Confidence building workshops

Skills workshops (Assertiveness, Leadership, Public Speaking, CV's and Applications)

CV Review Service

Other (please specify)

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* 21. In terms of skills workshops, are there any particular skills workshops you would like Equate to provide to help you?

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* 22. Please tell us if there is anything else you wish to share or if you wish to make any other comments about how Equate could support you?

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* 23. Would you be interested in sharing your COVID-19 experience with Equate Scotland? If yes we will contact you via the email address you have provided.

Yes

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Please take a moment to read our data protection statement below.

Data Protection Statement:

Equate Scotland is hosted by Edinburgh Napier University (the University) and receives funding from the University, the Scottish Government and others. Equate Scotland will process the personal data you supply strictly in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the University’s Code of Practice.

By providing your data you understand and agree that it will be used to inform you by email, phone, or letter about Equate services and to prepare anonymised statistics and reports for our funders. Further information on data protection is available at www.equatescotland.org.uk

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Email address

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* 4. Ethnic backgroundWhich of these ethnic backgrounds do you consider you belong to? (please select one option)

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* 5. What sector are you in?

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* 6. Are you:

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* 7. Since March 2020 have you experienced furlough or redundancy due to the impact of COVID - 19?

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* 8. Since March 2020, have your hours of work been reduced or increased due to the impact of COVID -19?

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* 9. Have you been working from home since the COVID -19 outbreak?

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* 10. Did you work from home at all prior to the COVID-19 outbreak?

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* 11. Has your work pattern changed due to COVID-19?

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* 12. If yes to question 11, please tell us more about your particular work pattern and how it has changed during COVID-19 e.g. working different hours/flexibly/more/less hours/different days/condensed hours etc

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* 13. Do you have caring responsibilities e.g. for children or older relatives etc?

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* 14. If you answered yes to question 13, are you?

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* 15. If you answered yes to question 13, have you been homeschooling during COVID - 19?

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* 16. Have you felt fully supported by your employer to work safely and effectively during COVID - 19?

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* 17. Has your employer provided any of the following?

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* 18. Are there any other ways your employer could support you during this time where they have not done so thus far?

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* 19. Have you accessed any of the Equate Scotland services below?

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* 20. What type of support would you most benefit from, from Equate Scotland:

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* 21. In terms of skills workshops, are there any particular skills workshops you would like Equate to provide to help you?

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* 22. Please tell us if there is anything else you wish to share or if you wish to make any other comments about how Equate could support you?

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* 23. Would you be interested in sharing your COVID-19 experience with Equate Scotland? If yes we will contact you via the email address you have provided.

* 4. Ethnic background
Which of these ethnic backgrounds do you consider you belong to? (please select one option)