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13 July 2018
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Athena SWAN
Achieving Bronze
Athena SWAN Charter Mark =
Gender Equality
(Female and Male)
Application process
requiring large amount of
data analysis
Bronze, Silver, Gold Award
levels
Self Assessment Team (SAT)
with a SWAN lead managing
process
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Quick Overview
Departmental Bronze Award
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“Bronze department awards recognise 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.”
• So in other words….it’s the starting point
(analysis, identify the issues, put effective action
plan in place)
• However, the panel will expect some form of
action or activity to date!
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“In addition to the future planning required for Bronze department
recognition, Silver department awards recognise that the department
has taken action in response to previously identified challenges and
can demonstrate the impact of these actions.”
And for Silver…
• So in other words…Analyse the activity to date,
show the impact, analyse data, identify further
issues, put effective action plan in place.
• Includes Professional Services Staff
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Guest Speaker
Dr Angela Attwood
Athena SWAN Lead for School of
Experimental Psychology
Bronze Award - April 2017 Round
Disclaimer!
• AM NOT
• SWAN expert
• NOT FOCUSSING
• SWAN processes
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• AM
• Achieved Bronze (with good f/back!)
• FOCUSSING
• My approach and experience
My approach – risky?
• Lot of work – so what do I want from it?
• Realistic assessment – ruled out silver early
• Opportunity to develop actions/self-assess that we thought important
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My approach – practicalities / plan (6 months)
• Building a SAT (and role delegation)
• Work plan + defined timeline (incl. consultation)
• Dedicated writing slots
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Our self-assessment team
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• Core SAT – n=12 (EDIC + representatives)
• Consultant members (n=3)
• Senior mgmt (HoS)
• SWAN expertise (Vikki and previous lead)
• Undergraduate sub-group (n=2)
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PHASE ONE:
• basic data collation and analysis
• draft core sections
• plan of next step data collection
PHASE TWO:
• focus groups
• All-level survey
Delegation of sections
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My approach – key principles
• 1. Using phase two activity to understand outcomes of phase one review (informed / targeted
approach to data collection)
• 2. Understand causality (to inform action)
• 3. Understand local issues (testing assumptions)
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Understanding causality
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“In order to understand the gender
imbalance within our School and
discipline, we conducted a sub-
discipline review to assess
whether gender imbalances differ
across Psychological sub-
disciplines.”
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Understanding local issues
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Understanding local issues
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More grants
Larger grants
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My experience
• Small chunks of writing made it very achievable
• Delegating information gathering better
• Delegating writing = limited success
• Ask people to give you text – NOT comments!
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Tips and recommendations
• Be realistic, innovative and use the opportunity
• Clear ownership (delegation of writing???)
• Clear work plan and timeline (realistic) – consultations?
• Know and use available support
• Lay foundation for silver – baseline data?
• Remember to declare intention to submit
• Independent review – aim for clarity
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Resources and Useful
Information
ECU Website: https://www.ecu.ac.uk/
Athena SWAN Charter awards handbook,
May 2015
Athena SWAN Good Practice Initiatives
Web page: https://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-
charters/athena-swan/athena-swan-good-
practice-in-heis/
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