Athena Swan
Athena SWAN in the School of Nursing and Midwifery
The School of Nursing and Midwifery now holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of good practice in recruiting, retaining and promoting women in Science in higher education (http://www.athenaswan.org.uk/html/athena-swan/ ). The School was previously awarded a Bronze award in 2010 and having successfully implemented their Bronze action plan to promote good practice and support career progression and success for women within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, the School was awarded Silver in 2012. SWAN Champions Dr Jenny McNeill and Dr Valerie Holmes, together with the School Self Assessment Team prepared the application for Silver. The School will receive their Silver award at an Athena SWAN awards lunch, hosted by Queen’s University Belfast in September 2012.
SWAN Self Assessment Team members:
SWAN Champions / Chairs: Dr Valerie Holmes and Dr Jenny McNeill.
Prof Linda Johnston: Head of School
Dr Jayne Price: Senior Teaching Fellow
Patrick Gallagher: Teaching Fellow
Dr Fiona Lynn: Research Fellow
Dr Helen Noble: Lecturer
Clare McVeigh: 2nd year PhD student
Pauline Daniels: Teaching Fellow
Tara McCollum: School Manager
Lyn Crawford: Administrator: HoS office
SWAN activities are reported in the School ezine and at School Board.
For further information on SWAN please contact Jenny or Valerie
j.mcneill@qub.ac.uk; v.holmes@qub.ac.uk
Click below to access The School of Nursing & Midwifery ATHENA SWAN SILVER application: