Women in Life Sciences (WiLS) (Faculty of Life Sciences - The

Alison Gurney represents the Faculty as part of the SWAN Self-assessment panel, who prepared the application after collecting, analysing and comparing key data on gender equality over the last 3 years. This included female staff and student numbers, the gender profile of staff at each grade and on decision-making committees, promotion applications and success, parental leave and flexible working. The group prepared an action plan to address remaining issues, such as the increasingly low proportion of female staff with increasing grade and the low numbers of women applying for promotion. The action plan will be rolled out over the next year.

Alison Gurney and Fiona Coll (HR Manager) attended an award ceremony at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham at the end of September to collect the Faculty’s Athena Swan Silver Award.

For more information about the award, visit:

• Athena SWAN

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