ATHENA SWAN 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. SWAN DEPARTMENT 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 the actions implemented. Note: Not all institutions use the term ‘department’. are many equivalent academic groupings with different names, sizes and compositions. The definition of a ‘department’ can be found in the Athena SWAN awards handbook. SWAN AWARDS This form should be used for applications for Bronze and Silver department awards. You should complete each section of the application applicable to the award level you are applying for. Additional areas for Silver applications are highlighted throughout the form: 5.2, 5.4, 5.5(iv) If you need to insert a landscape page in your application, please copy and paste the template page at the end of the document, as per the instructions on that page. Please do not insert any section breaks as to do so will disrupt the page numbers. The overall word limit for applications are shown in the following table. are no specific word limits for the individual sections and you may distribute words over each of the sections as appropriate. At the end of every section, please state how many words you have used in that section. We have provided the following recommendations as a guide. SILVER
gatherings are there in the department? When are they held and how many people attend? Do staff feel they are inclusive and are held at appropriate times? What systems are in place to prevent staff being excluded from activities? Opinions are divided here: some advocate core hours within the working day (1000-1600); while others are happy to work caring responsibilities around work demands. The key aim here is to make sure all staff are included in key Departmental meetings, seminar series etc. Each Department will know which approach is appropriate for them. Just be sure to make clear the reasons why. Visibility of role models Describe how the institution builds gender equality into organisation of events. Comment on the gender balance of speakers and chairpersons in seminars, workshops and other relevant activities. Comment on publicity materials, including the department’s website and images used. Is diversity considered in publicity materials, including the departments’ website and images used? Comment on how the department builds gender equality into its organisation of events. Provide data and comment on the gender balance of speakers and chairs in seminars, workshops and relevant activities. If the data reveals that there is a gender imbalance of speakers and chairs for talks, seminars and workshops, comment on what is being done to combat this. Where one gender is in a minority, applicants should aim for a gender balance that supports the agenda to redress this, while remaining realistic. Outreach activities Provide data on the staff and students from the department involved in outreach and engagement activities by gender and grade. How is staff and student contribution to outreach and engagement activities formally recognised? Comment on the participant uptake of these activities by gender. Provide data on staff from the department involved in outreach and engagement activities, by gender and grade. Comment on how gender is considered in outreach. While it is important to have underrepresented groups involved in outreach, often people from these groups end up doing a lot of outreach which can impact on other parts of their job, for example, research. Comment on how outreach is formally recognised and whether it is included in workload modelling. Use staff consultation to evidence whether there is any gender imbalance around the participation in outreach. Comment on the participant uptake of outreach activities by school type (e.g. private, comprehensive, grammar, single sex) and gender.