Equality: the big picture

Today everyone’s talking about the university gender gap! Ucas revealed that ‘Women now outnumber men in almost two-thirds of degree subjects, and the gender gap in British universities has almost doubled in size since 2007, figures show’. Articles covering the issue can be found on the Guardian, Telegraph, The Times, Scotsman and The Mirror. ‘Among students who […]

Guest post by Dr Sarah Smith, Doctoral School Manager in the Research and Innovation Office and member of SHU’s Athena SWAN Central Self-Assessment Team In this article, we showcase the University’s work to support women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine. According to the Institution of Engineering and Technology: 50% of STEM enrolments at […]

After waking up Friday morning to see that the government is planning to drop feminism from the A-level politics syllabus, it’s interesting to see this interactive BBC article that ranks gender equality by country. It’s worth having a go! If the current rate of change continues, the economic gap between men and women will not […]

Friday 20 November 2015 will see Sheffield’s annual commemoration of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day is a vital opportunity for transgender communities and their allies to unite and make their voices heard against the injustices that are still levied at transgender lives. So far in 2015, more than 20 transgender people are […]

Guest post by Dr Trevor Simper, Athena SWAN Champion for Food Technology Have you ever Googled Women in sports nutrition? Don’t; it won’t return what you want – which is of course to see whether there are any women working in sports nutrition. I googled because: (a) I am (some of the time) a sports […]