Equality: the big picture

Overview International Women’s Day (IWD), March 8th 2016, is a global celebration of respect, appreciation and recognition of women, while continuing to highlight and strive for greater equality. Thousands of events occur to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women and Sheffield Hallam University is an active participant. There will be a number of activities […]

Sheffield Hallam are planning and delivering another programme of events for this year’s International Women’s Day, following on from the success of last year’s activities widely enjoyed by staff at Sheffield Hallam, University of Sheffield and the public: bit.ly/1ZfaEnH A working group has been established to organise the programme of events and are looking for […]

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 […]

Guest post by Emily Connor, Students’ Union President 2014/15 I’ve always been lucky enough to be part of a large family of strong and independent women who have truly been an inspiration to me as I grew up. Going to University was something I wanted to do, and I never really thought much about my […]