  As at 2019, Technological University Dublin* Computer Science is the top
university in Ireland in terms of gender balance of female academic staff in
computer science schools. In an academic team of approximately 55 full-time
equivalents, 36% of our academic staff are female, 50% of our senior academic
leadership team (2 of 4) are female and 75% of our School Executive are female
(3 of 4), including a female Head of School. This is as a result of our seven
year SUCCESS programme which had a four strand approach: Source, Career,
Environment and Support. The Source strand explicitly encouraged females to
apply for each recruitment drive; Career focused on female career and skills
development initiatives; Environment created a female-friendly culture and
reputation, both within the School, across our organisation and across the
third level sector in Ireland and Support addressed practical supports for the
specific difficulties experienced by female staff. As a result we have had 0%
turnover in female staff in the past five years (in contrast to 10% male staff
turnover). We will continue to work across these four strands to preserve our
pipeline of female staff and ensure their success over the coming years in an
academic and ICT sector that remains challenging for females.
