Overview
Successful Athena Swan award
The Roslin Institute received Athena SWAN Bronze Award for its efforts, over and above University policy, to promote gender equality.
UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards 2012
UKRC Women of Outstanding Achievement Awards 2012 - Nominate by noon Monday 11 June 2012.
International Women's Day 2012
View the video of the very successful International Women's Day Lecture by Dr Philippa Gregory, Best Selling Authour, held on 8th March 2012.
Scottish specific duties
Revised draft regulations for the public sector equality duty in Scotland announced.
New UoE LGBT Network
New UoE Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Network planned to coincide with LGBT history month.
see me pledge
The University of Edinburgh commits to working with ‘see me’ to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental health issues.
Design for Diversity
Design for Diversity - ECA leads the way. An Emotionally Considerate Design demonstrates new methods of fashion & Design for diversity of body image.
Athena SWAN Bronze
Congratulations to Biomedcial Sciences on acheiving an Athena SWAN Silver Award.
EDMARC Report 2010
The latest Equality and Diversity Research and Monitoring Committee (EDMARC) report is now available to view on line.
International Women's Day 2011
View the video of the very successful International Women's Day Lecture by Dr Irene Khan, International Human Rights expert and former Secretary General, Amnesty International, held on 8th March 2011.
Tribute for war nurses
They were among the heroes of the World Wars, who sacrificed their lives while trying to ease the suffering of others.
Times Higher Education article - Sex differences in academia
Women produce fewer papers than men over a lifetime and are still scarce in senior positions, especially in science.
Juno Award for School of Physics
Congratulations to the School of Physics and Astronomy which has been awarded “Juno Practitioner” status by the Institute of Physics (IoP).
Employers' Forum on Disability
Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) is the world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability.
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This article was published on May 15, 2012