Details of Activity
The submission set out to increase the visibility of its existing female staff and publicise its previous Athena SWAN submission. These initiatives aimed to attract equal numbers of applications from men and women, and achieve gender parity in the number of research and academic staff appointed to senior posts. Links to the successful Athena SWAN submission and award were placed on the Schools website. Additionally, the visibility of female staff was increased through replacing generic images on the Schools website, with images of real female employees and their families.
Outcomes
Recruitment figures saw an increase from no women at AC3 level (higher pay band) in 2006/7, to women making up 60% of staff at the same level in 2011/12. This indicated the closing of the gender pay gap and a greater representation of female staff in higher level positions.