Fiona McLachlan, Human Resources Manager in The College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, has collected the Athena SWAN Bronze award on behalf of the University. The presentation was made at an awards ceremony at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. ‌Fiona McLachlan (right) from MVLS receives the Bronze award

Fiona is also a member of the the University's Athena SWAN Self Assessment Team, led by Professor Neal Juster, University Gender Equality Champion, who worked on the successful application.

Professor Juster said: “I am very pleased that the University was successful in its application for the Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Award. I am extremely grateful to all those on the Self Assessment Team who helped produce the application document, The application process was relatively lengthy and involved the production and analysis of a large amount of data. This enabled the team to put together an action plan that will benefit female staff across the university, not just academics in the STEM areas. Being granted the award was a welcome indication of our progress in the area of equality over the past few years, however we must ensure that we continue to implement the actions for improvement we identified in the Athena SWAN action plan”

Athena SWAN Silver Award presented to The School of Physics and Astronomy

Dr Ian MacLaren received the Athena SWAN Silver award on behalf of the School of Physics and Astronomy. ‌

Ian is a member of the School’s Athena SWAN Self Assessment Team led by Dr Lyndsay Fletcher and also comprising  Marina Battaglia, Dr Morag Casey, Ms Joanna Cholewa, Ms Rebecca Douglas, Dr Erin MacDonald, Dr Ian MacLaren, Dr Alexander Russell. Dr Ian MacLaren receives the Athena SWAN Silver award on behalf of the School of Physics and Astronomy

The Athena SWAN Award recognizes the commitment to advancing women’s careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) academia. 

  • The advancement of STEMM is fundamental to the quality of life across the globe
  • It is vitally important that women are adequately represented in what has traditionally been, and still is, a male dominated area
  • Science cannot reach its full potential unless it can benefit from the talents of the whole population and until women and men can benefit equally from the opportunity it affords

Bronze Award

The University:

  • Evidenced it is committed to advancing women in the STEMM disciplines
  • Identified the actions required
  • Committed the resources necessary to eliminate gender bias and create an inclusive culture that values female staff

The Silver Award

The School of Physics and Astronomy:

  • Showed particular progress in developing an understanding of the issues
  • Promoted improved procedures
  • Demonstrated impact

Individual Awards

The Athena SWAN process helps to improve the recruitment, retention and promotion of female academics.

Therefore, they play a significant role in enabling Schools and Research Institutes to attract a diverse pool of students and staff, carry out teaching and research at the highest standard and maintain a competitive advantage.

The process of reviewing and establishing best practice will be of benefit to all working in STEMM academia.

Seven Schools and Research Institutes within the University are currently working towards their individual awards and Susan McKeown will support them.

 For further information about Athena SWAN, please follow this link.

http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/

First published: 4 July 2013

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