The Athena Swan Charter is a framework used across the world to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE). The Charter was originally established in 2005 - Imperial was a founder member - to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment. The Charter is now used to address gender equality more broadly. The Charter is run by Advance HE.
Imperial awards
We have held an institutional Athena Swan Charter since 2006. Our most recent award was in July 2022, when we renewed our Silver, becoming the first university to do so under the Transformed Athena Swan Charter. You can download our 2022 submission from the box above. The submission provides a summary account of our progress in the last five years and our priorities for the next five, including our new action plan.
If you have any questions or require more information about Imperial's submissions, please email Rob Bell, the university's Athena SWAN Coordinator.
College Athena Swan SAT membership
The SAT membership is currently being reviewed and we expect to welcome new members for the start of the academic year.
Current members
- Bernadette Byrne, Associate Provost (EDI), chair
- Wayne Mitchell, Associate Provost (EDI), deputy chair
- Rob Bell, Athena SWAN Coordinator, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Centre (EDIC)
- Alex Dawes, Race Equality Charter Coordinator, EDIC
- Liz Elvidge, Associate Director (Early Career Researcher Development)
- Josh Hodge, Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Life Sciences
- Nazila Kamaly, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
- Renata Kosova, Consul for Faculty of Engineering and the Business School
- Martin McCall, Professor and Proconsul, Department of Physics
- Paolo Muraro, Professor, Department of Brain Sciences
- Priya Saravanapavan, Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Materials
- Charlotte-Eve Short, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Disease
- Rebecca Smith, Head of Culture & Inclusion, Business School
- Sharron Stubbs, Head of Infrastructure Operations, Faculty of Medicine Centre
- Anson To, Deputy President (Welfare), Imperial College Union
- John Tregoning, Professor, Department of Infectious Disease
- Jess Wade, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials
- Sijn Wu, Gender Equality Officer, Imperial College Union
Department awards
All academic departments at Imperial hold an Athena Swan award. Below you can read details of their award level and explore links to the department pages for further information.
Department awards
The Business School (Imperial's only AHSSBL department) holds a Bronze award.
Department of Aeronautics - Bronze
Department of Bioengineering - Silver
Department of Chemical Engineering - Silver
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Bronze
Department of Computing - Silver
Department of Earth Science and Engineering - Bronze
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Bronze
Department of Materials - Silver
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Silver
Dyson School of Design Engineering - Bronze
Centre for Environmental Policy - Bronze
Department of Chemistry - Gold
Department of Life Sciences - Silver
Department of Mathematics - Bronze
Department of Physics - Silver
Department for Brain Sciences - Silver
Department of Immunology and Inflammation - Silver
Department of Infectious Disease - Silver
Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction - Silver
Department of Surgery & Cancer - Gold
Institute for Clinical Sciences - Silver
National Heart and Lung Institute - Silver
School of Public Health - Silver
