Accelerating women's careers: define and achieve your career ambitions 

The Career Accelerator Programme is uniquely placed to support you to advance in your career. We spend two-days in person together defining your career ambitions and developing a specific plan for exactly how you are going to achieve them. So far, we've supported 380 women from all levels and roles from across the higher education sector on the programme.  They've told us that it has been a unique experience and done wonders for their sense of career clarity and ability to advance. 

Read more about what participants have experienced:

Transformation

“I’d accepted that I’d reached the ceiling of my career and there was no point because I’d already tried and failed...I joined the WHEN programme, to tick a box for my appraisal form. It’s been eye-opening and heartbreaking, and I feel like my heart is beating again and I’ve finally found my community.”

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Ownership

“I finally understand how to be strategic in my career, rather than reactive. I feel proud.”

“I think the biggest difference is that I don’t want my career to be something that just happens to me, I want to be in control of it and I’m feeling braver."

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Motivation

“I would recommend this programme to all. It allows you to dedicate quality time to visit your inner self and gives you the motivation to adopt a different outlook and the drive to pursue whatever you wish in your career path without focusing on boundaries and limitations, but instead on your own qualities.”

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Participants will gain:

✅ Career Clarity & Confidence – Gain a clear understanding of your career aspirations and the actionable steps needed to achieve them. The programme helps you define a strategic career plan, ensuring you move forward with confidence and purpose based on what is most important to you.

✅ Tailored Support from Career Coaches  – Overcome barriers with expert-facilitated workshops and small-group coaching designed specifically for women in higher education. You'll receive personalised guidance from career coaches and practical tools to navigate career challenges effectively.

✅ Leadership & Networking Skills – In this face to face setting with up to 30 likeminded women, meaningfully expand your trusted network and develop essential leadership skills. Build lasting connections with supportive peers, mentors, and experts who can propel your career growth and open doors to new opportunities.

What makes this approach so impactful: 

  • Two-days in-person: We come together in real life for two days to work on you, your career and your future.
  • Time to think: We create the most inclusive and supportive environment for you to reflect and find clarity.  
  • Career coaches: You will work in a small peer group of up to five other participants facilitated by a career coach.
  • Career action plan: You will leave with clear plan of where you are going and how to get there.
  • Peer group embedding: You will participate in two coach-led action learning sets to sustain your momentum. 

Take part in the Career Accelerator Programme

Join us 7th-8th May 2025 at Henley Business School 

In this open enrolment format you will work with women from across the sector to develop your strategic career plan.

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Bring the programme in-house

Talk to us about how we can deliver the programme in-person at your own university for a group of either 15 or 30 women over two-days. 

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