Target Group
Academic staff
Professional and support staff
Initiative Theme
Flexible working
Work/Life balance
Initiative institution
Keele University
Application type
Athena Swan Initiative
Publication date
Details of Activity
The School of Life Sciences put an initiative in place to promote an inclusive culture through the support for flexible working conditions, aimed at young families, in particular. This support was put in place to ensure that staff had a good work/life balance and felt able to adapt their working hours around their family life.
Outcomes
The submission highlighted examples of staff members who had made use of this initiative, such as a female administrator, whose start time was moved forward by half an hour (from 9.00am to 9.30am), so that she could drop her children off at school.