Athena SWAN

The Institute is proud to hold an Athena SWAN Gold award in recognition of its commitment to women's career development.

The Roslin Institute has received a Gold Athena SWAN award in recognition for its commitment to women's career development. A copy of the Institute's application has been made available to download.

The Athena SWAN Charter recognises and celebrates good employment practice for women working in science, engineering and technology in higher education and research.

The Institute was granted the award in recognition of the additional efforts made, over and above standard University wide policies, to promote gender equality and address particular challenges for women within science.

The Institute received positive feedback on its commitment to training and development, strong appraisal and induction programme and local postdoctoral mentoring scheme.

As part of the SWAN process, the Institute has developed a three year action plan to progress with current initiatives and to further address challenges for women within science.

Roslin equality and diversity work

Presentation of Roslin’s equality and diversity work at UK maths network event.

Visit to five primary schools in Midlothian, holding 15 workshops on women in science.

Celebratory dinner to recognise our Athena SWAN award.

Meeting the Minister of Science and Sport in Canada to discuss Athena SWAN work.

Sharing experiences with Annie Fenwicke on our equality & diversity efforts.

Medal award for Athena SWAN work by University of Edinburgh’s Principal.

The public engagement team developed a schools workshop and trained female scientists from African countries to deliver it.

Seminar on the importance of LGBTQ+ diversity in STEM.

Presentation of Roslin’s equality and diversity work at the meeting of Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe.

Scottish Parliament celebrates Roslin’s international gender equality work.

‘Lab in a suitcase’ travelled to South Africa to train scientists in engaging pupils with science.

Ethiopian scientists spent five weeks at Roslin collaborating with researchers and developing new skills, as part of the AWARD Fellowship Programme.

International Women's Day Video

For the International Women's Day on 8 March, we asked staff at the Easter Bush Campus about women who inspired them. As you can see in the following video, from Marie Curie to their colleagues, inspiring women are everywhere.