Athena SWAN Bronze for Huddersfield Business School

Athena SWAN Charter – Recognising advancement of gender equality: representation, progression and success for all

THE University’s Business School has been awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of its commitment to progressing equality within the School.

Athena SWAN recognises the work that is undertaken in the advancements of gender equality and the Business School joins the School of Applied Sciences to be recognised for the Charter Award.

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Originally focusing on STEM subjects, the Charter was expanded in 2015 to include areas such as arts, humanities, social sciences, business and law.  The Huddersfield Business School now joins the prestigious group of business schools who have achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.

“We have a genuine commitment to equality at Huddersfield Business School and I am proud this has been recognised with our Athena Swan Bronze Award.  We have worked hard to identify and address challenges in different disciplines and will continue to take action to tackle barriers in progressing equality.  I’d like to thank everyone involved for their hard work and dedication to achieving our Athena Swan charter.”

Professor Jill Johnes, Dean, Huddersfield Business School

The Business School has been working to progress equality and established a team that meets regularly to guide action within the School, including representation from both academic and support staff.

Developments have also been made within its approach to teaching and learning as part of curriculum development.  The School recently launched a new portfolio of postgraduate programmes that are benchmarked against the Sustainable Development Goals and these include gender equality and reducing inequalities.