University Athena SWAN

Dear all The first of our University Athena SWAN surveys is underway. All academic staff should have received an email. Please do contribute to the survey. We are asking for your ideas to help guide our action plan for the...

The USAT will soon be asking you all to participate in the Athena SWAN culture survey. There will be a survey for academic staff (academics, teaching fellows, prize fellows etc.) as well as a specific Research Fellows/Officers/Assistant survey. Although we...

On the 19th July, six members of the Athena SWAN USAT were given the opportunity to meet with the Vice-Chancellor and discuss progress towards our Athena SWAN objectives. This provided not only an excellent opportunity to highlight the ‘good news...

Well, this week I am in Charlotte North Carolina for the https://www.asme.org/events/idetccie So, you attend these conferences and in general listen to technical discussions about a particular aspect of Engineering - not the case here!  Research, teaching and equality go...

We now have just over 7-months before we submit the University SWAN application to maintain our Bronze Award.  We have achieved a lot in the last few years.  The University now has a mentoring scheme for academics at any stage in...

Welcome to my first ever blog! The aim of my blogs is to provide updates on the University Vision for Athena SWAN and more importantly to gain insight, ideas and views from staff and students. For those unfamiliar with Athena...