Athena SWAN is a facilitator of genderwashing

Athena Swan’s ‘all-embracing’ equality vision may not serve women

Next year’s review must consider why the equality charter now views ‘gender as a spectrum’, in addition to questions of cost and effectiveness, says Lucy Hunter Blackburn

By Lucy Hunter Blackburn

5 September

Chelsea celebrate on the podium as the boarding falls down during the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final match to illustrate ‘Complacent’ universities stuck on bottom rung of Athena Swan

Athena Swan ‘fosters complacency’ as universities stay on bronze

Research indicates that dozens of institutions have held lowest-level award for more than a decade and ‘are content not to do more’

By Juliette Rowsell

28 August

Keep Athena SWAN, but drop funding link for now, say reviewers

Leading academics respond to government plan to end link between charter mark and research funding, amid fears that equality issues will be sidelined

By Anna McKie

18 September

Now is the time to improve Athena SWAN, not ditch it

Members of the Athena SWAN review steering group write an open letter in response to the plan to cut the link between the equality charter and research funding

By Contributors

18 September

Athena SWAN is a facilitator of genderwashing

Even successful applications lack specificity and ambition, ignoring universities’ own data about where problems and strengths lie, says Pat O’Connor

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Athena SWAN is a facilitator of genderwashing

Even successful applications lack specificity and ambition, ignoring universities’ own data about where problems and strengths lie, says Pat O’Connor

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Athena Swan’s ‘all-embracing’ equality vision may not serve women

Athena Swan ‘fosters complacency’ as universities stay on bronze

Keep Athena SWAN, but drop funding link for now, say reviewers

Now is the time to improve Athena SWAN, not ditch it

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