Our inaugural Athena SWAN Anniversary series story on the growing number of female professors has been released on staff homepage in February 2019. You can access the story which was among 10 most popular University stories of the month here. Aiste Senulyte,...

The Department of Mathematical Sciences has been awarded an Athena SWAN Silver Award celebrating good practice in gender equality. You can read their submission here. Advance HE’s Athena SWAN Charter was established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...