Athena SWAN

  • Gender biased coursework?

    Is my 2nd year coursework sexist? See here and here and here for the background, 2014 analysis and the 2014+2015 analysis. As part of a drive to remove the gender imbalance in the sciences the Department of Physics at Bath...

  • No women please we're quantum.

    It appears that there is a rumps in the Quantum world. At a major scientific conference (15th ICQC: conference website) the first round of invited speakers, chairs and honorary chairs were all men. Three leading women academics in the field...

  • Physics Athena SWAN slides

    Here are the slides I used at today's brief overview of the Physics Department's draft application for a Bronze Athena SWAN award. Any comments of suggestions to p.sloan@bath.ac.uk

  • Gender imbalance in science

    Have a look at this short film. . It's crazy to think there is still great gender imbalance (a very polite term) in science in 2013.  But there is. Edinburgh Chemistry are and have done great things to address key...