Great news that last week the School of Biosciences obtained a silver award for it’s role in promoting gender equality in the workplace and improving the working environment for all staff. Credit goes to Matt Smalley and Ros John for all their hard work in writing the application. Will be a tough act for myself and Emma Blain to follow as the next co-chairs! An outstanding achievement and a very important step forward for the School. For more information about the Athena Swan charter, see:

http://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/