Our Athena SWAN Award

The School of Engineering achieved an Athena Swan Silver charter mark in 2019. Silver is awarded when a department has robust and sustained evidence of cultural change.

The School of engineering obtained a bronze charter in 2013 and has since worked on having initiatives to support better work-life balance and progression for staff irrespective of gender.

Our Commitments

• Advancing gender equality in academia by addressing the loss of women across the career pipeline and the absence of women from senior academic, professional and support roles.
• Addressing unequal gender representation across academic disciplines and professional and support functions.
• Tackling the gender pay gap.
• Removing the obstacles faced by women, in particular, at major points of career development and progression including the transition from PhD into a sustainable academic career.
• Addressing the negative consequences of using short-term contracts for the retention and progression of staff in academia, particularly women.
• Examining gendered occupational segregation and elevating the status, voice and career opportunities of any identified under-valued and at-risk groups.
• Mitigating the gendered impact of caring responsibilities and career breaks, supporting flexibility and maintaining a healthy 'whole life balance'.

Our Athena SWAN Champion

Dr Modupe Jimoh took on the role of Athena SWAN Champion in October 2021 from Prof Joanna Collingwood, who led the submission towards achieving the Silver Charter Mark. As the Athena SWAN champion, she leads the monitoring of School level data about gender diversity in the staff and student cohorts. She supports the strategic development of Athena SWAN work in the School, primarily through the development and monitoring of completion of the Athena SWAN Action Plan. She leads the writing of the Athena SWAN submission. In this role, she also:

• Liaises and manages the School's partnership with the Women Engineering Society.
• Liaises with the Women in Engineering Scholarship Programme Manager
• Liaises with SoE and Science Faculty representative(s) on UoW Social Inclusion Committee
• Strengthen links with:
  • International organisations relevant to the sector
  • Student-led Women in Engineering activities