Athena SWAN success for the School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering

The University of Surrey’s School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering has successfully achieved an Athena SWAN Bronze Award.

Bronze Awards recognise solid foundations for eliminating gender bias and developing an inclusive culture that values all staff.

This is the School's first successful submission following the merger of two award-holding departments into one School.

The School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering’s collective efforts and submission were led by their Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team.

Commenting, Professor Helen Treharne, Head of the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, said: 

“We are delighted that we have achieved a Bronze Award for the School. Our unified plan ensures our core activities reflect the importance of supporting all colleagues and students. We also look forward to working collectively to achieve our goals.”

Reflecting on this double success, Michael Hassell, Equality and Diversity Advisor, said:

“Helen and the team did an outstanding job in completing their successful submission. It was particularly challenging because the submission had to reflect on the achievements and progress of two departments who have subsequently merged in to one school and produced one School Action Plan to take things forward. Congratulations to everyone involved.”

People in the School have identified the following areas of improvement to focus their efforts on:

• Rebuilding their inclusive and supportive Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture in the School following the pandemic;
• Enhancing the undergraduate student pipeline and outcomes;
• Enhancing the MSc student pipeline and outcomes;
• Enhancing the postgraduate research student pipeline, experience and outcomes;
• Supporting and advancing staff careers;
• Healthy work-life balance.

If you have any questions or queries in relation to the Athena SWAN Charter programme, please contact Michael Hassell for further information.

For more information about research and teaching in the School of Computer Science & Electronic Engineering, please contact Helen Treharne.