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The School of Mathematical Sciences actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in mathematics. We believe that creating an open and accepting culture brings out the best in our staff, students and visitors.

Community and facilities

The School offers:

• dedicated tutors for students from under-represented groups
• summer research internships including ring-fenced funding for women undergraduates
• flexible working
• paid parental leave for staff and Home / EU postgraduate research students 
• all-staff meetings, events and training held in core hours
• Gender Equality In Maths (GEIM)
• Coffee breaks

People and Culture Committee

We take a proactive approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and the culture in the School by seeking feedback from staff and students, developing new strategies and policies, and ensuring that change happens.

The People and Culture Committee supports the interests of all staff, students, alumni and visitors regardless of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic/national origin, age, socio-economic background, disability, religious/political beliefs, family circumstances or sexual orientation.

Committee members are also responsible for preparing the School's Athena SWAN submission.

Awards and recognition

The University is:

• an Athena SWAN Gold Award holder
• a Stonewall Diversity Champion
• Race Equality Charter member
• committed to being a Disability Confident employer

Athena SWAN

The School of Mathematical Sciences holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award, to recognise work undertaken to address gender inequality.

The school is very proud to have achieved a silver Athena Swan award demonstrating our ongoing commitment to gender equality and equality, diversity and inclusion as a whole. To achieve a silver award the school not only had to show it is working to promote gender equality but that it has also made substantial progress to address challenges and our work has led to positive impacts. The progress we have made since our last submission includes an increase in proportions of both female undergraduate students and academic staff which we achieved through initiatives such as mentoring, increased visibility of women and improved recruitment processes.

The work doesn’t stop there though! We have identified new priorities to focus on including student experiences and the mathematics pipeline and have an action plan we are very proud of, spanning the next 5 years to tackle these.  We look forward to continuing an intersectional approach to equality ensuring we understand and improve the experiences of trans and non-binary members of maths as well as those with other underrepresented characteristics including ethnicity and disability.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our application as a school we are very proud of this achievement!

 Our Athena Swan Silver Application

Useful links

 

Equality and Inclusion in Science and Engineering