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As part of our Athena SWAN Silver Award and our wider commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, colleagues from across the School have been invited to share reflections on how gender has shaped their work, perspectives and experiences in higher education.

#GenderEquality #AthenaSWAN

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The School of Social Sciences @manchester.ac.uk receives the Athena Swan Silver Award 🏆from @advancehe.bsky.social recognising progress on gender equality and an inclusive culture across teaching, research and leadership.

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#AthenaSwan #Equality #UoM

🎉 We’re proud to announce that @UoN_Psychology has been awarded an Athena Swan Gold Award! 🌟

This recognises our commitment to advancing equality, diversity & inclusion across the School. Huge thanks to everyone involved! 💛

#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality @advancehe.bsky.social

Certificate of Athena Swan Gold from AdvanceHE

Absolutely delighted to learn today that @notts-psych.bsky.social has been awarded #AthenaSwan GOLD by @advancehe.bsky.social.

Looking forward to UWE School of Social Sciences #AthenaSwan team's programme for International Men's Day 2026 next week. @c-flurey.bsky.social will be presenting on England's first men's health strategy due for release on 19th November and what it means for you.

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Bath has received four more #AthenaSwan Silver awards in our mission to foster an inclusive environment and supporting career development for all.

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We're only deadly! #AthenaSwan

Gender Equality (Athena SWAN) As a proud Athena SWAN Gold Award holder, UCL Computer Science is committed to promoting gender equality.

Today we celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, recognising the first computer programmer and the continuing achievements of women in computing. 💻

➡️Find out more about our commitment to supporting and encouraging women in the field: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...

#AdaLovelaceDay #WomenInSTEM #AthenaSwan

Athena Swan Silver renewal recognises ICR’s continued progress in fostering an inclusive research culture Athena Swan Silver renewal recognises ICR’s continued progress in fostering an inclusive research culture

We're proud to have received an #AthenaSwan Silver Award from @advancehe.bsky.social for another four years.

The award recognises our continued progress in embedding gender equality and fostering an inclusive research culture.

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#ALD25

Delighted to share that Athena Swan have conferred a Silver Award on our Department!

This recognises our efforts to advance #GenderEquality in our community. Thank you to so many in our Department for their work towards this application!

@advancehe.bsky.social

#AthenaSwan #Anthropology

How educational systems respond to diversity, inclusion and social justice: Disability, power, discipline, territoriality and deterritorialization This paper presents a critical examination of a vexed issue relating to how educational systems respond to diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Whilst there are unique factors specific to the va...

Just read Navin Kikabhai’s brilliant article on how #disability is erased, mis-framed & sidelined in HEIs. Requires a hard think among those of us working on #EDI issues, incl. #AthenaSwan. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.12969

We're pleased to announce we have been awarded the Athena Swan Silver Award for our ongoing commitment to intersectional gender equality.

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#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality

School of Engineering Marks Athena Swan Bronze Award Renewal on International Women in Engineering Day 2025 - Engineering | Trinity College Dublin On 23 June 2025, the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin hosted a special celebration to mark the renewal of its Athena Swan Bronze Award - a recognition of the School’s continued commitme...

@tcddublin.bsky.social Engineering marked #INWED25 with a special celebration of our Athena Swan Bronze Award renewal.

We’re proud of the work done by our #EDI Committee and wider School community to keep equity and inclusion at the heart of what we do.

Read more: bit.ly/4ezdLAv

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Athena Swan Gold Award in celebration of gender equality Earlier this year, the Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences (ILCAMS) received an Athena Swan Gold Award for significant and sustained progression and achievement in promoting gender equality....

🏆We’re proud to announce that ILCAMS has been awarded the Athena Swan Gold for our sustained commitment to gender equality in medical sciences.

💪 Huge credit to the submission team & everyone driving change across our institute.

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#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality #EDI

Great to be on our School (BES) Diversity & Inclusion committee & see our Lead's work presented by Dr Alex Wilshaw at the @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Students at the Heart Conference #SATH2025 sharing our students' perspectives on gender diversity & its implications for student recruitment #AthenaSwan

Brunel's Department of Computer Science awarded Athena Swan Silver The department has been awarded Athena Swan Silver Award by Advance HE, in recognition of the department

The dept of computer science at Brunel University of London was recently awarded #AthenaSwan silver! Proud to be part of the team - read about it in the press release www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Professor @clarewilk4.bsky.social‬ was an invited speaker at an event in Bilbao in May focusing on Gender & Science Communication. Clare spoke about work from the RETHINK project on women science communicators and Athena Swan activities at UWE.

#scicomm #athenaswan

The School of Art History now has an Athena Swan Silver award for Gender Equality! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality I'm so proud of all the work we have done together!

The School is proud to be the first School in the Faculty of Arts and Divinity to be a recipient of an Athena Swan UK Gender Equality Silver Award. For more information:

#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality

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Loved Day 1 of #CONUL25. Great keynote from Richard Ovenden of #Oxford University on tech bros, boring books & rethinking interdependence! Equally great talks by my colleagues Michaela Hollywood on reimagining library spaces & @lauraconnaughtonmu.bsky.social on MU Library's #AthenaSwan application!

Athena Swan Gold success for Hull York Medical School Hull York Medical School has received a Gold Award in the Athena Swan Charter, the highest level to be achieved.

🥇We have been awarded the prestigious Athena Swan Gold Award! This award reflects our commitment to advancing gender equality, fostering an inclusive culture, and driving meaningful change across all areas of our School and wider community.
@advancehe.bsky.social #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality

🎉 We’re proud to announce that our department has been awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award!

This recognises our ongoing commitment to advancing gender equality in academia.

#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality
@advancehe.bsky.social

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Let’s talk about #intersectionality — a term that’s shaped equity and justice conversations around the world. What does it mean to you? How do you define it?

#AthenaSWAN #EquityInAction #SocialJustice #HeriotWatt #EDI #InclusiveResearch #Crenshaw #SocialSciences

Gender and inclusion award for Heriot-Watt’s School of Social Sciences Heriot-Watt University’s School of Social Sciences has received a prestigious Athena Swan Bronze Award for its commitment to equity, diversity, accessibility and inclusion.

Congratulations to our School of Social Sciences for achieving an #AthenaSwan Bronze award for its work to progress #gender #equality and #inclusion 👏

More here: tinyurl.com/2s49za7d

#HeriotWattUni #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality #SocialSciences #EduSky #AcademicSky

🎉 We’re delighted to receive the Bronze Athena Swan Ireland Award, recognising our work in fostering gender equality in higher education. A huge thank you to our team for their dedication to diversity and inclusion!

#AthenaSwan #GenderEquality #DiversityInSTEM @tcddublin.bsky.social

Delighted to have played part in this exciting project.
Well done to @uccequality.bsky.social and all my colleagues in @ucc.ie working so hard for months and years towards this fantastic achievement 🥈 👏 👏

@avriljh.bsky.social Ann King Anne Marie Curtin Caroline West

#athenaswan #edi

School of Food and Nutritional Sciences Receives Athena Swan Silver Award | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

We’re delighted to share that the School of Food & Nutritional Sciences @ucc.ie has achieved a silver Athena SWAN award, recognising our efforts in promoting gender equality and inclusion within STEM.

#AthenaSWAN @uccequality.bsky.social

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🎉 Thrilled to announce that Heriot-Watt Uni's School of Social Sciences has been awarded the Athena SWAN UK Bronze Award for gender equity & opportunity! 🏆 This achievement is a testament to the hard work & dedication of our application committee. #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality @advancehe.bsky.social

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🎉We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a Gold #AthenaSwan Award from @advancehe.bsky.social.

Thanks to the ILCAMS Athena Swan Team who made this all possible.

#genderequality | #teamlivuni

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Athena Swan Charter | Advance HE Encouraging and recognising commitment to advancing gender equality.

We are working to understand and address the barriers in gender equality and continue to embed and uphold the principles of the #AthenaSwan charter.
More information on the #AthenaSwan Charter can be found here:👇
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#AccelerateAction #IWD2025