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The Athena SWAN Charter recognises and celebrates good employment practices for women working in higher education and research.

What is Athena SWAN?

Launched in June 2005, the Ìýaims toÌýencourageÌýthe recruitment, retention and promotion of women inÌýScience, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM),Ìýand promote good practice.Ìý

It wasÌýoriginally set up to help more women progress in STEMM, but from 2015 was opened up to departments in Arts, Humanities, Social sciences, Business and Laws, as well.Ìý

Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ is the proud owner of a Silver Athena SWAN award for its efforts to tackle gender inequality in higher education – with most Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ STEMM departments also holding Athena SWAN awards.Ìý

Athena SWAN in our divisionsÌý

Some of the Faculty of Life Sciences'Ìýfive divisions have each earned their own individual awards.

Gold Award

Silver Award

• Division of Biosciences
• School of Pharmacy

Bronze Award

• Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
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Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ is committed to the aims and principles of Athena SWAN and was one of the first universities to sign up to the scheme. Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ was awarded its first university-wideÌýBronzeÌýaward in 2006, which was then renewed in 2009 and 2012. Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ has held an Athena SWAN Silver AwardÌýsince 2015.ÌýÌý

Find out more about Athena SWAN

• Athena SWAN at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾
• Contact the Athena SWAN Faculty lead, Professor Annette Dolphin