Below you can read a list of our notable achievements: 

  • Achieving Silver Athena SWAN award status in November 2016

  • Reviewing our recruitment activity and processes with recommendations in place in from 2017

  • Developing a Care Leave Planning template

  • Piloting the activities module in PURE

  • Designating a gender neutral toilet in the school and setting up a first aid room.

  • Professional and Support staff inclusion in Athena SWAN and Equality and Diversity work

  • Trans awareness training undertaken in 2016

  • Planning for Dignity and Respect Advisers 

  • Visual promotion of women in Biological Sciences with poster campaign ‘Women in BIO’ 

  • Awareness raising about the Faculty Return to Work Career Development Fund. Contact sci.equality@uea.ac.uk for further details.

  • Launched the School's Equality and Diversity blog