The Faculty is delighted to have been awarded Bronze award through the Athena Swan Charter.
The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research. It recognises work undertaken to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women. More information on the award scheme is on their website.
As part of this process, the Faculty held a number of meetings bringing together staff and students to discuss gender equality and diversity more generally, and has now implemented a clear action plan to make the Faculty more inclusive.
Professor Jonathan Thacker, who is Chair of the Faculty and was closely involved with the submission from the start of the process, said: 'The Faculty is delighted to have received the Athena SWAN bronze award and is grateful to all members of the academic and professional services staff and, indeed, to our students, who contributed to the lively and challenging discussions and meetings that underpinned the submission.
“We have welcomed the discussions about gender equality as well as the chance to reflect on EDI more generally that the submission entailed. We now have an action plan which is being implemented and which will help us make further, measurable improvements in these areas and to become a better, more inclusive place to work for everybody.”