Gender equality

CHE is committed to advancing gender equality in a traditionally male-dominated sector.

As part of this commitment, we hold an Athena SWAN Silver Award, recognising our good practice in recruiting, retaining, and supporting women’s careers and gender equality.

The Athena SWAN Charter is an initiative for recognising the advancement of gender equality in higher education and research in the STEMM (science, technology, engineering, medicine and maths) disciplines as well as in arts, humanities, social sciences, business and law.

We strive to ensure our processes are fair, flexible, transparent, and accessible, fostering an inclusive and positive workplace culture for all staff and students.

Athena SWAN achievements in CHE

Transforming culture

Departmental awareness of EDI initiatives up by almost 30% since 2018

Supporting career growth

11% more staff report positive changes in participation and promotion practices

Increase in female professors

From 2 in 2019 to 8 in 2024, a 300% increase

Parity in student supervision

Half of our MSc supervisors are female

Read more about the Athena SWAN Charter.

View the Athena Swan Silver Renewal application CHE 2024.

Gender equality

Athena SWAN achievements in CHE

Gender equality at the University

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