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Athena SWAN Department Awards

 

Faculty of Science

Biosciences – Bronze (2019)

Chemistry – Silver (2022)

Computer Science – Silver (2024)

Earth Sciences – Silver (2022)

Engineering - Bronze (2019)

Mathematical Sciences – Bronze (2019)

Physics – Silver (renewed 2022)

Psychology – Silver (renewed 2022)

Faculty of Social Sciences and Health

Anthropology – Bronze (2020)

Archaeology – Silver (2022)

Education - Bronze (2021)

Geography – Silver (2024)

Government and International Affairs - Silver (2022)

Law - Bronze (2022)

Sociology - Bronze

Sport and Exercise Sciences - Bronze (2021)

Faculty of Arts and Humanities 

Classics and Ancient History - Bronze (2019)

English Studies - Bronze (2020)

History - Bronze (2018)

Music - Bronze (2022)

Philosophy - Bronze (2020)

Theology - Bronze (2018)

 

Faculty of Business 

Bronze Award (2018)

Hear from our Departments

Our departments have been sharing with us what makes the Athena SWAN award important to them

Athena SWAN Q&As

  • Earth Sciences

    We believe that a fairer and more equitable Department benefits everyone within it – including our students.
    People overlooking cliffs

  • Chemistry

    Equality, Diversity and Inclusion should be at the forefront of every aspect of departmental business, including diverse representation.
    PhD doing lab prep

  • Psychology

    It's essential to work on equality, diversity and inclusion, and the Athena SWAN programme helps us to keep this constantly in mind.
    Psychology Lab experiment

Earth Sciences

We believe that a fairer and more equitable Department benefits everyone within it – including our students.
People overlooking cliffs

Chemistry

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion should be at the forefront of every aspect of departmental business, including diverse representation.
PhD doing lab prep

Psychology

It's essential to work on equality, diversity and inclusion, and the Athena SWAN programme helps us to keep this constantly in mind.
Psychology Lab experiment
Select a department to read more

More from our departments

School of Government & International Affairs

SGIA is stronger as a school thanks to the diversity of our staff and students. We are committed to creating an equitable environment for everyone.
Students in the School of Government and International Affairs

Archaeology

As archaeologists, we are keenly aware of how reconstructions are affected by unconscious biases and that our field needs multiple voices.
Archaeology student doing experiment outdoors

Music

Working towards this Award has normalised talking about these issues, which is a great achievement in itself.
Hands playing Steinway piano
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Maths and Computer Science building at sunset

Department of Computer Science awarded Athena SWAN Silver Award (2024)

The Department of Computer Science has been awarded the Athena SWAN Silver Award. The Department was commended for its aim of striving to become known as the number one university in the UK for women to study computer science, with the report stating that the ambition is “great to see".

Read a Q and A with Athena SWAN lead