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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is now the third institution to achieve two Golds, joining the University of York and Queens University Belfast. A SWAN Gold award is a formidable achievement and is given to departments who can evidence 'beacon' activity to promote gender equality in their discipline at a national level.

Professor Judith Stephenson (Margaret Pyke Professor of Sexual and Reproductive Health) and Dr John Timms (Reader in Proteomics), who co-led the department's Athena SWAN team said: "We are, of course, delighted to receive this award. It recognises a concerted focus over several years to achieve 50:50 gender balance at senior levels with visible role models and a culture of flexible working enjoyed by students and staff at all levels.Ìý

"The IfWH is unique in the UK, with a breadth and depth of expertise to address many aspects of gender inequality - from FGM to everyday sexism - that affect people's health and wellbeing." Ìý

The university has achieved a new Silver departmental award for ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Mathematics and three departments have renewed their Silver status: the Division of Medicine, the Institute for Child Health and the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (PALS).Ìý

The Division of Medicine's award is the first Silver that ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº has achieved under the new charter criteria that now gives consideration to all members of staff, not just academics and researchers. With 17 Silver awards in total, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº has the second highest number of departmental Silver awards in the UK, as well as 15 Bronze awards.

Professor Geraint Rees and Dame Nicola Brewer, who lead ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's 50:50 Gender Equality Group, which coordinates activity on gender equality across the institution, affirmed: "As Co-Chairs of the 50:50 group, we are delighted to see the steady progress in getting to Gold across the university. The magic of SWAN was to hardwire it into funding applications: diversity is a core value, not a nice-to-have add-on."

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• ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institute for Women's Health