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    Home / Central Data Catalog / RESEARCH_AND_RELATED_CAPACITY_STRENGTHENING / DDI-KEN-APHRC-IDRCWS-2020-V01 / variable [V147]
RESEARCH_AND_RELATED_CAPACITY_STRENGTHENING

Examining Participation and Quality of Experiences of Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics: Postgraduate Training Programs and Careers in East Africa, IDRC Women in STEM

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, 2021 - 2023
Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS)
Evelyne Gitau, PhD
Last modified March 19, 2025 Page views 1262 Documentation in PDF Metadata DDI/XML JSON
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Ways you think your supervisor could support you or help you manage the impacts (EQ)

Data file: IDRC Women in STEM Online Survey Dataset

Overview

vald 471
Interval discrete

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
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- have support
-Being considerate in giving work timelines
-Prividing prompt feedbacks. -Supporting to get some technology material
-Quick replies to my online requests for guidance.
ANNY
ANY
About the School equipement
Access to resources
Accessibility of the supervisors and communication
Accord me more time for studies
Actually, COVID-19 did not significantly interfere with my research.
Add more scholarship
Again nothing in particular since what delayed me was a consingment from suppliers outside of the country
Agree to frequent online meetings
Agree to working flexible hours
All is well.
Allocating for me the right supervisors with capacities for area of study
Allocation of duties that allow some free time for reading and researching
Allow a flexible working program
Allow me more time
Allow some discussion on the challenges so that one does not feel that having challenges = admitting failure
Allow working from home
Allowing me time off.
Allowing me to offload some tasks to other members of other teams.
Allowing shift working Schedules
Am not currently a student
Any possible way
As above
As in 53
Avail a printer
Availing mobile internet
Availing necessary tools
Be available to show guidance
Be available when necessary
Be digital
Be flexible
Be more engaging and supportive
Be more human
Be more supportive in the supervision in terms of availability by one of them,
Be understanding
Be understanding and supportive
Being able to work in a flexible environment eg zoom discord
By aiding my getting job/opportunity to support my studies
By allowing me to work from home on days that there are no involving tasks at the office
By ensuring that all the COVID -19 protocols are observed as well as more department members receive COVID-19 vaccine to prevent the pandemic.
By excusing me from some duties and timely releasing from work to complete research projects
By guiding me on how to avoid it
By having online meeting and follow up
By maintaining safe practises towards the disease even if the rate of it is not higher as before
By online discussions
By providing allowance for internet services
By reducing some load study-related activities and allowing me to get a research assistant to help run some samples yet to be analyzed.
By setting up a system adapted to this condition which arises for example the system of studying online and to privilege the digital adaptation
COVID-19 did not have any impact on my studies.
Change to online lectures
Close guidance and mentorship
Completed all course works
Conducive environment
Conduct more online training
Conducting more online meetings.
Consider having bonuses when the team performs well
Continuous and timely feedback on sections done and send to them
Counselling, setting tasks with deadlines and setting alternatives
Create more time for virtual meetings
Delegation of duties to other individuals
Direct me to books with information which could ease my research
Discuss research progress through internet meeting
E resources
Effective communication
Efficient communication Consultantation and guidance
Email
Embrace online meetings to discuss research/project activities.
Embrace technology via automation of service provision
Embracing online technology
Emotional support
Engagement with scholars
Enough work
Extend deadline
Extension of study leave Extra-fund of Covid-19 mitigation( Hand sanitizers and PPE)
Finances
Financial addition to buy covid-19 utilities
Financial assistance
Financial support
Financially
Flexibility: Allowing for flexible work arrangements such as remote work or adjusting work hours to accommodate personal circumstances, could be helpful. Communication: Regular and clear communication about my research work and addressing any
Flexible work schedules
For now I am done
For research purpose
Free Will
Frequent communication
Frequent online mentorship and meetings when in-person sessions are not possible instead of waiting until Covid -19 waves subside
Frequent phone calls and online followups
Funding
Gei more time
Give directives more precisely, and concisely
Give feedback in good time. Allow for discussions to tackle the challenges arising.
Give feedbacks on time
Give me offdays to work on my project
Give me time
Give time offs for studies since I do not have an official study leave
Giving academic support to me
Giving guidelines and providing the necessary research support
Giving me advices
Giving me funds so that I can be strong against any danger
Giving regular support towards advising the way to improve
Gj
Granting me some flexible work schedules where i can spare some time to complete my studies
Guidance
Guide me and encourage despite the ups and downs
Guide on online sources of research information.
Have more online activities
Having regular discussions on progress and challenges experienced in my studies as well as setting timelines for work given
Having virtual Meetings
He has been very supportive
I don't know
I am not doing studies
I am not studying currently
I ask them their material support
I can't think of one at the moment
I do believe that communication is everything, one of the negative impacts of COVID 19 is selfishness no one care if we try to work on communication, and more than that on comprehension it will be helpful. sometimes we only care about to finish
I don't really sée the impact off COVID-19 on my studies
I don't think
I have no idea
I really need a writing retreat to produce at least three publications from my thesis. I started already the usual activities of teaching and learning at University of Rwanda. I do not have time to concentrate on manuscripts writing. Thank
I was not a student
I was not on study leave
ICT skills
If can help me get access to the laboratory
If schorships can be offered to caution continuing studies due to the hard economic times
Improve on response time
In Europe
Increase funding to easy on the domestic and social responsibilities to give me peace of mind for my studies
Increase meetings and share some Books with is
Increase salaries
Information support
Instant reply on emails.
Internet bandwidth costs
Internet support
It is difficult
Just allow me some more time when need be to wotk on my studies.
Just organize more online meetings
Keep encouraging
Keeps directing me
Leading by example
Line manager taught me to never give up during COVID-19
Link me up to any employment opportunities that may arise or any funding opportunities for my project to help raise some capital required for my research project
Linking me to relevant resources that are free to access
Links to funding opportunity
Maintain communication
Maintain consistent communication More support during sickness and flexibility in terms of time of work Empowerment in decision-making Provide materials/resources to be able to further my learning
Mental health support, because its not about the work all the time. Its about the whole being
Mentor and inspire
Moral support
Moral support and start working online
More available
More money
More research tools
More time on assigned tasks
Motivation
My manager would have established complaints and feedback mechanisms to learn from the employees about the best way to implement projects as far as they were also engaged in other commitments, postgraduate studies/research.
N/A
NA
NIL
NO IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON MY STUDIES
NONE
Na
Networking
Neutral
Nil
Nill
No
No comment
No comments
No idea
No impact
Non
None
None. We were all at home
Not apicable
Not applicable
Not applicable because my work hours don't collide with my education hours
Not applicable.
Not necessary to support me as I was not registered as a students somewhere
Not studying
Not yet
Nothing
Nothing.
ONLINE MEETINGS
Offer more off times to be able to complete tasks related to our studies
Online collaboration
Online discussion
Online meeting
Online meetings
Online supervision
Online teaching
Organise frequent meetings
Pay fees
Physical indulgence in research practicals
Plan more times for reviewing my work
Prompt response and linkage to research funding
Provide resources .
Provide a good source of resources
Provide a supportive environment where we can share and help find solutions to challenges faced during COVID
Provide constructive advices for the progress of my study
Provide financial assistance
Provide financial support
Provide funding
Provide guidance on journal to do publication Contribute publication fee Provide convenient time for discussion
Provide incentives
Provide internet
Provide internet connection
Provide internet in the office
Provide me with enough materials and time to work freely
Provide more internet to aid home-based research
Provide more resources for online access
Provide more time
Provide sanitisers, washing point and hand washing soap for my office
Provide sponsorship
Provide time for the study being under taken
Provided metered Internet in my household
Providing enough time to record and reporting issues related to COVID 19
Providing more online support
Providing some flexibility in working hours or work from home arrangement so as to create more time to juggle work and studies
Providing study materials
Providing sufficient materials
Providing timely feedback on my requests.
Providing timely funds for planned programmes
Proving to me more readings
Provision of all necessary support needed
Provision of clear targets and deadlines
Provision of digital technology and Online Teaching and examination
Provision of funds and any other project related support
Provision of internet support
Provision of notes in time
Provision of safety measures
Provision with tools and equipment to help me out
Putting into account that the Covid era was wasted time
Read my work on time and provide solutions to problem I was facing
Read my work submitted
Reading my work on time n giving feedback within the shortest time possible
Recommending me for grants and jobs
Reconsideration of my work
Reduce work load
Regualar online meetings with financial motivation
Regular checking and ask about the challenges am encountering.
Regular communication about the progress
Regular helping via email
Regular meetings can help me attain my goal
Reliable internet
Reliable network
Remote guidance
Rien
Same as above
Scheduling more online lectures for tutorials for subjects/topics that are more demanding/difficult to grasp concepts.
Scholarships, financial input
Set up physical meetings to help me continue with my thesis corrections and guidance.
Setting time aside for physical meetings.
Sharing available data
Should be flexible to allow both office and working from home
Signing study leave which seems unlikely
So far so good, none
Some free days
Some funds
Sponsoring for further studies
Studies not negatively affected by the pandemic
Study leave
Subscribe to online libraries and databases.
Supervisor may opt to supervise student by virtual
Suporting me when i need any support like laptop and other tools like softwares for computing
Support in terms of timely responses and feedback
Support towards my studies and guidance
They are already doing their best
They could give me enough time to do my research
They have been doing their level best
Through academic support
Through e learning
Through organized workshops
Through use of online consultations than face to face.
Time to finish work
Timely feedback
Timely feedback on submitted materials Regular guidance and advice
Timely review and critique submissions
Timely supervision
To avoid this pandemic
To give more scholarship
To have access for my academic studies at
To have sholarship
To help while looking for mobility
To improve the communication between ourselves
To provide a temporary replacement to continue my studies
To study on Line
To teach online and supervise online
Training to cope up with the current situation
Use online platforms for projects management vs responsibilities and monitor the progresses
Use technology
Use virtual interaction when in-class meeting is not possible
Using blended mode
Virtual class
We all need to just support each other more emotionally
We needed continuity in our studies even when it needed a few adjustments to online not postponing academic year.
Weekly assignment
With the pandemic its not feasible.
Work online
Working on time
Working online
Working towards the set time limit
Yes
Yo resume the process of travelling to Sweden for the planed activities
Zoom meetings
academic direction
always provide support towrds data collections
avail to work virtually
availability for interaction and financial support
by enhancing online meetings
by giving feedback at a time
commit more time to work on my research
covid has no impacts in my country
create more time for the students
dedicate time for us with most liable means
establishing online teaching program
extending my scholarship period
follow up
frequent supervision
funding for further studies
funding opportunities/ access to reading materials
get leave to work on my research
give more funds and facilities
have more engagements
have time we complete the research to avoid being stuck for too long.
helping online
increase our education online
increase the frequency of meetings
just continuimg with the supervision
mentorship
n
n/a
na
network bundles
no support because now there is no significant impacts of covid-19
none
not applicable
nothing
online supervision
plan together
prompt responses on communication and queries
proper time management, workplan and timely supervision feedback
provide research material like useful links to online information resources/database etc
provide funding opportunities
provide laptop
provide more training
provide platforms for raising funds for research and school fees
provision of internet
read my work and turn the comments on time.
reduce my workload
reducing workload
see 51
send collection online and make changes required
share with me info on available opportunities
submission datelines and providing guidance
support in field work
support with internet
supportive resources provision
take online courses
through online
to allow my extension
to be in touch weekly
try to understand the situation we are in and try to provide help on time
understnding me
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Question pretext
Effect of the covid19 pandemic on women's progression
Interviewer instructions
N/A

Description

Universe
Women in STEM
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