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Athena SWAN Award

Athena Swan silver award logoThe Athena SWAN Charter award recognises the commitment of institutions and Science, Engineering, Technology departments to address gender equalities, tackle the unequal representation of women in science, and to improve career progression for female academics.  

The Institute of Cellular Medicine is committed to providing a good working environment and to developing all of our staff to their full potential.  We have worked to remove barriers to career progression through having supportive policies and working practices, targeted assistance particularly to early career researchers and training, mentoring and coaching throughout all stages of academic careers.   In recognition of this, we were awarded Athena SWAN Silver status in April 2013.  This national award recognises our activity and achievements in working towards equality in career progression in STEMM.  This level of award acknowledges significant and sustained progression and achievement in promoting gender equality.

Institute Athena SWAN Submission documents

Newcastle University was awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in September 2009 and this was renewed successfully in April 2013.

NEWS

Professor Simi AliProfessor Simi Ali, Professor of Immunobiology and the Institute's Athena SWAN champion, has been selected as one of the Inspirational women of the North East. Simi is featured alongside famous historical names including Catherine Cookson, Mo Mowlam, Dame Eleanor Allan and younger subjects such as Olympic gold medallist Kat Copeland and Newcastle undergraduate and polar explorer Bryony Balen.

The exhibition, to run from 3rd October until 21th December in the Hatton Gallery, celebrates the many iconic women connected with the North east and who make an essential contribution to the life of the region. The primary objective of the exhibition is to increase awareness of women's contribution to the life of this region and their success in multiple fields. It will also contribute to fostering regional pride, social cohesion and enhanced local identity in connection with women's achievements past, present and future.

http://www.iwne.org/simi-ali.php

Dr Fiona OakleyDr Fiona Oakley invited to present at BASL 13

Dr Fiona Oakley, Reader in Fibrosis Biology was delighted to be invited to give a presentation on "My career in science" at the Women in hepatology networking session for scientists and clinicians at the British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL) 2013 annual meeting. The talks remit was to provide tips and advice for early researchers wishing to peruse an academic career in science and discuss her career path from the perspective of a female academic.


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