The Equality Charters - Good Practice Initiatives

The new, evidence-based Good Practice Database is for those working to advance gender and race equality in higher education through Athena Swan and the Race Equality Charter.

The database aims to celebrate the breadth of gender and race equality initiatives taking place across the higher education sector and to provide Advance HE members with practical ideas and encourage them to trial new initiatives adapted to their contexts. The initiatives are drawn from recent analysis of selected successful applications. 
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Use the search filters below to find Athena Swan and Race Equality Charter initiative application types.
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De Montfort University: Black Women's Academic Development Programme (BWADP)
De Montfort University
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University College London: Academic careers framework increases women promoted to professor
University College London
Initiative Theme: Career development, Promotion
Target Group: Academic staff, Professional and support staff
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The University of Manchester: Systemic Change by Challenging Assumptions
The University of Manchester
Initiative Theme: Balance, Career development, Promotion, Targeted to BAME staff
Target Group: Academic staff, Early career staff, Professional and support staff, Researchers
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Imperial College's Fellowship for academics returning from parental leave
Imperial College
Initiative Theme: Accommodating caring responsibilities
Target Group: Academic staff
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Queen’s University Belfast: Female Student Pipeline in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Initiative Theme: Student recruitment
Target Group: Postgraduate students, Undergraduate students
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Imperial College London, Business School: Transformed Athena Swan Charter Application Feedback
Imperial College
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Target Group: Academic staff, Early career staff, Postgraduate students, Professional and support staff, Researchers, Undergraduate students
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University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences: Transformed Athena Swan Charter Application Feedback
University of Oxford
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Target Group: Academic staff, Early career staff, Postgraduate students, Professional and support staff, Researchers, Undergraduate students
Transformed Athena Swan Charter Application Feedback
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Imperial College: Department of Materials
Imperial College
Initiative Theme: Recruitment
Target Group: Academic staff
Efforts to increase the number of female applicants
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Imperial College: Department of Materials
Imperial College
Initiative Theme: Student recruitment
Target Group: Undergraduate students
Female role models and a reputation for research excellence
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Imperial College: Department of Materials
Imperial College
Initiative Theme: Marketing, Student recruitment
Target Group: Undergraduate students
Review of how courses are promoted
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Cardiff University: School of Psychology
Cardiff University
Initiative Theme: Student recruitment
Target Group: Postgraduate students
Increased opportunities for PhD students
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Cardiff University: School of Psychology
Cardiff University
Initiative Theme: Student recruitment
Target Group: Postgraduate students
Improved opportunities to experience science careers