University of St Andrews

Athena Swan Support

The University of St Andrews has receied a prestigious institutional Silver Athena Swan Award in recognition of its continued efforts to advance gender equality across the University (building on our Bronze awards of 2012 and 2017).

Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, who sponsored the application, said: “As a career-long advocate for gender equality, I am very pleased by the University’s achievement of an Athena Swan Silver Award. It represents a tangible demonstration of all that the University has done and our unwavering commitment to advancing gender equality.

“While we are very proud of the progress we have made, we are ambitious to do more and have identified a number of key priorities for the coming years. These form part of wider work to enhance equality, and to enable all our staff to contribute, thrive and perform at their best.”

• University Athena Swan awards - 20
• Athena Swan Bronze - 12 Schools
• Athena Swan Silver - 6 Schools, 1 institutional
• Athena Swan Gold - 1 School

Background

The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. Established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment, the Charter is now being used across the globe to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women.

Note: Athena Swan is run by Advance HE.  The charter evolved from the Athena Project and the Scientific Women’s Academic Network (SWAN).

Internal/External online resources

• Core-meeting-hours-in-academic-schools (PDF, 359 KB)
• Workload guiding principles
• Academic & Royal Societies and Athena Swan
• Fairness = Funding
• University of St Andrews Women in Science ‌‌