The Athena SWAN Charter was established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) in the higher education sector, spanning both teaching and research. In 2015, the Charter was expanded to recognise work undertaken in non-STEMM subjects, and now includes staff in professional and support roles.
Athena SWAN is managed by AdvanceHE. More information about Athena SWAN can be found on the AdvanceHE website.
We have been awarded a highly-esteemed Bronze Award by the Athena Swan Charter, which recognises that the University has a solid foundation for eliminating gender bias and developing an inclusive culture that values all staff.
The Athena Swan internal Self-Assessment Team undertook a rigorous self-assessment of data to assess gender equality across Middlesex's staff community. From this insight, the team developed a set of short, medium and longer term actions to help further drive forward gender equality and representation across the University, including gender non-conforming individuals.
These actions include:
The Athena SWAN self-assessment team (SAT) currently meets quarterly. The SAT is working together to identify and implement necessary actions to improve gender equality at MDX, using data and research.
The main focus of the SAT is to:
The SAT has representation from a breadth of career stages and staff types, including professional and support staff, research and academic staff, and students. Membership of the SAT is gender-balanced, taking account of intersectionality in its make-up so far as is practicable, and is representative of the diversity inherent within MDX.
MDX staff can meet the SAT on the staff intranet (please note, this page is for MDX staff only and requires a login).
Our research activities for Athena SWAN is following four strands:
We will update this area with key findings in due course.
Find out more about MDX's gender pay data on our gender pay policy page.
MDX staff can find further information on the staff intranet (please note, this page is for MDX staff only and requires a login).