Overview
The University is committed to the full and equal participation of women in academic life, leadership and every field of study.
The University pursues this goal across its teaching, its scientific research, its campus operations and its service to the community. The sections below set out how it delivers the goal, the activities held during the year, the research its academics published, and the policies that underpin its commitment.
How the University delivers this goal
- Applies a published policy of non-discrimination and equal access for women.
- Provides a maternity-support policy that enables women's continued participation in study and work.
- Runs women's access, mentoring and scholarship schemes.
- Encourages women into engineering and sciences where they remain under-represented.
- Supports women into senior academic leadership, including vice-presidential and dean-level roles.
- Protects anyone reporting discrimination from disadvantage.
Activities in 2023/24
- Women continued to hold the University’s most senior academic posts during the year, including a Vice-President for Postgraduate Studies and Research and two faculty deanships, alongside a female-majority student body in several faculties.
Policies supporting this goal
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