ESE's Athena Swan actions and Self-Assessment Team
Get involved
Participation in the Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team is voluntary and open to all.
Please contact Sophia Quazi (squazi@ic.ac.uk) if you wish to get involved.
The Advance HE Athena Swan Charter was established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women and addressing gender equality.
The Department of Earth Science and Engineering (ESE) holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award, awarded in September 2021. ESE's Bronze Athena Swan award recognises the efforts and actions occurring within the department to encourage equality, diversity and inclusion. The award is an important step in our efforts to transform gender equality and support women in higher education, and we continue to push for further improvement in how we support and empower our female students and staff.
Activities/Workshops
- PhD student Zainab Titus has delivered virtual #outreach sessions for girls in Maiduguri, Nigeria, as part of an International Women and Girls in Science Day 2022 initiative.
Zainab's Digital Tools for #Sustainable Geoscience sessions brought #geoscience to schools and taught girls basic Python coding skills. Students were also given access to new educational resources, such as computers, mentors and career panels.
The outreach, supported by the Imperial College London Professional Development Fund, showed the importance of making #STEM education accessible to everyone. Read more about Zainab's outreach
