The Department of Mathematics is committed to providing a good working environment for its staff, and in April 2015 was successful in achieving a Bronze award. In April 2018, the Department achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze award under the Post-May 2015 criteria.
This national award is in recognition that in addition to institution-wide policies, the department is working to promote gender equality and to identify and address challenges particular to the department and discipline.
The Charter examines the representation of women (and men), the progression of students into academia, the journey through career milestones and how gender may affect these areas and the working environment for all staff. We know that women are under-represented in science - the more senior the role, the greater the deficit. In some disciplines are is significant under-representation of women at all levels. Disciplines with under-representation run the risk of missing talented people it would otherwise gain and retain, and disciplines dominated by one gender are likely to have an unbalanced approach.
Find out about what we do in the Department of Mathematics to show our commitment to equality.