Oxford MedSci Goes Silver: 10 Years of Athena Swan

2022 marks the 10 year anniversary of the first bronze applications from the Medical Sciences Division, and also the moment where all 16 of our departments had achieved a silver award. The Silver award recognises departments commitment to gender equality, to understanding their own culture and context, to actively engaging with their communities and to committing to detailed and ambitious action plans in response to data and consultation, and importantly the impact of their actions.

Countless staff and students have worked tirelessly over the last 10 years to make the division a fairer more equal place, and to celebrate their achievements we have asked each of our 16 departments to reflect on recent areas of good practise - large or small where they have seen impact for their staff and students.