University Athena SWAN
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Developing the University’s Women Leaders
The Athena SWAN Charter is a vehicle for delivering culture change in the workplace. In reflecting on what we have achieved in the 10 years since we were first awarded a bronze level institutional award, one key area has been...
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Intersectionality: moving beyond a single dimension of inequality
The University will be submitting for an Advance HE Athena SWAN - Gender Equality Charter - Institutional Silver award in 2021. As part of the self-assessment process the University will need to consider intersectionality in the application. James Greenwood-Lush, Head of...
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‘Professional and support staff’ and gender equality
The Athena SWAN charter has evolved in the 10 years since the University first gained an Athena SWAN award. Originally the Charter aimed to address the loss of women from academic science in Universities. In 2015, the Charter expanded to...
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Gender equality: five Departments receive prestigious awards
The University’s commitment to gender equality and career progression has been further recognized with five Departments achieving Athena SWAN awards in the latest round. The Departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Chemistry have received prestigious Silver awards. This is...
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Students and staff work together in advancing gender equality
As the University celebrates its 10-year anniversary of the Athena SWAN Gender Equality Charter, we explore its wider impact on the culture of our organisation. 2019 marks 10 years since the University achieved its first institutional Athena SWAN award. The Equality,...
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Athena SWAN Bronze renewal submission - Thank You
Thank you to everyone who assisted with our University Athena SWAN Bronze renewal submission. It was a tremendous team effort and I would like to thank everyone, including the University Self-Assessment Team (USAT), University Executive and Vice-Chancellor's Group. In particular,...
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Quantitative Results with numbers embedded in the charts - Academic Staff
Well, within 24 hours we have had 349 views of the data from our survey. Some staff have requested the data where the percentages/numbers are embedded in the charts. So, please see below and you will find the data in...
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Quantitative Results of University Athena SWAN Survey 2016
So, a month ago I provided a summary on the number of responses we had on completion rates for the University and summaries of the numerical results. We have completed some further analysis to identify whether there are similar views/responses...
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University Athena SWAN Survey
As promised see the links below for summaries of the quantitative results for the recent Athena SWAN surveys. An update on the findings from the qualitative data (comments, suggestions etc) will be posted once the analysis is complete. You will see in...
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Athena SWAN Survey - Data on completion rate
As promised some data from the Athena SWAN Surveys. Just to remind you all, two surveys were undertaken one for Academic & Teaching and one for research staff. The majority of the questions were similar, however, we did ask specific questions...