Athena SWAN in SHW

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught students

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Chair

Julie Langan Martin 

Aim

It is important that the Athena Swan Charter is incorporated into all aspects of the School of Health and Wellbeing, including within our teaching portfolio.

The School has over 250 students from hugely diverse backgrounds. We offer three intercalated BSc programmes for medical students (Global Primary Health, Psychological Medicine, and Public Health) and six postgraduate taught programmes (MSc in Global Mental Health, MSc in Health Technology and Health Economics Assessment, MSc (Med Sci) in Clinical/Applied Neuropsychology, MSc in Infant Mental Health, MSc in Positive Behavioural Support, and the Masters in Public Health).

This working group aims to monitor, report, and respond to gender sensitive issues, incorporating an equality, diversity and inclusion stance in our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes.

Activity/achievements

  • We have monitored the number of students, by gender, for each of our programmes by: full/part-time study, applications, acceptances, offers, and degree classifications.
  • We have delivered hybrid Athena Swan Induction Events to students over the past four years. 
  • Over the past two years and in collaboration with our students we have been undertaking a diversity review of the core taught modules of the Global Mental Health MSc and the Masters in Public Health. We have also started to take a decolonising stance within these teaching materials. 
  • In October 2024, in collaboration with our postgraduate taught (PGT) students, the first ever SHW student led event for Black History Month was held.  
  • The recommendations this group has made have ensured that students on all SHW programmes receive the same information regarding the support and opportunities available throughout their PG studies in SHW. 

Future plans

  • In November 2024 we will conduct our third survey with postgraduate students to identify any gender-sensitive issues. Findings from this will inform the working group's priorities.    

If you are a member of staff or a student and are interested in joining our working group, please do not hesitate to get in touch!  

 

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If you are a member of the School of Health and Wellbeing and would like to join this group, please email shwadmin@glasgow.ac.uk