Athena Swan

Events

Events

Details of internal and external events to promote gender diversity will be advertised here.

The University has compiled a List of examples of Athena SWAN events to encourage departments to hold events locally.  

University staff planning an event can access a variety of resources from Marketing and Student Recruitment (University login required).  

Internal funding has been used to support Careers Events, Unconscious Bias training and the Women in Engineering student network. 

Additional funding for activities can also be requested from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Fund.

 

MP Chi Onwureh attending a Women in Engineering Group meeting
  • Athena SWAN Going for Silver Group

    Date/Time: Thursday, 24th March 2016. 14:00 - 15:00

    Venue: Seminar room 2:20, Research Beehive

  • Diversity and Equality in the Research Environment - supporting women's careers in academia

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 13th April 2016, 12:30 - 13:30

    Venue: G21/22, Devonshire Building

  • CANCELLED - International Women's Day Symposium

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 7th March 2018, 13:30 - 16:00

    Venue: David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Medical School

  • WISE Conference 2016

    Date/Time: Thursday, 10th November 2016, 09:00 - 15:45

    Venue: The IET, Savoy Place, London

  • How fair is your recruitment process?

    Date/Time: Monday, 9th January 2017 - Tuesday, 10th January 2017

    Venue: 4.13, Level 4, Kingsgate

  • Athena SWAN North East Regional Network Meeting

    Date/Time: Monday, 6th February 2017, 10:30 - 15:30

    Venue: Newcastle University, Research Beehive seminar room 2:22

  • International Women's Day 2017 Launch Event

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 7th March 2017, 13:30 - 15:00

    Venue: King's Hall, Armstrong Building

  • NU Women Workshop - Finding Our Voice

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 9th May 2017, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Barbara Strang Teaching Center 2.51

  • NU Women Wellbeing Event

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 17th May 2017, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Percy Building - Lecture Theatre G.13

  • NUSU - Inspiring Women Conference 2017

    Date/Time: Saturday, 11th March 2017 10:00 - 16:00

    Venue: The Venue, Newcastle University Students' Union

  • ECU Annual Conference 2017

    Date/Time: 7-8 November 2017

    Venue: Hilton Birmingham Metropole

  • Professor Vicki Hanson Lecture

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 11th July 2017, 15:00 - 16:00

    Venue: Barbara Strang Teaching Centre, Room 1.46 (first floor, Bedson Building)

  • Network of Networks Event

    Date/Time: Thursday, 4th April 2019, 09:00 - 17:00

    Venue: TBC

  • Intersectional perspectives: Experiences of Disabled University Employees

    Date/Time: Tuesday 6th February 2018, 12:30 - 14:00

    Venue: The Boiler House

  • New Models in Engineering Education

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 18th October 2016 10:00 - 16:30

    Venue: International Digital Laboratory, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Warwick University

  • Women, Politics and Voice in Newcastle

    Date/Time: Tuesday 6th - Monday 11th February 2018

    Venue: Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University

  • Black History Month at Teesside University

    Date/Time: October 2016

    Venue: Teesside University

  • Forgetting to Remember

    Date/Time: Thursday, 8th September 2016, 13:00 - 17:00

    Venue: Northern Rock Foundation Hall, Sage Gateshead

  • NUSU Inspiring Women Conference

    Date/Time: Saturday, 5th March 2016, 09:15 - 17:00

    Venue: Newcastle University Student's Union

  • Soapbox Science 2019

    Date/Time: Saturday, 15th June 2019, 10:00 - 15:00

    Venue: Grey's Monument, Newcastle City Centre

  • Athena SWAN Session for Professional Support Staff

    Date/Time: Friday, 2nd December 2016, 14:00 - 16:00

    Venue: Seminar room 2:20, Research Beehive

  • EDI in Engineering and Physical Sciences Workshop

    EPSRC Inclusion Matters Northern Power project

    Date/Time: Thursday 12th December 2019, 09:15 - 18:00

    Venue: Northumbria University, venue TBC

  • International Women's Day celebration at NUIS

    Date/Time: Thursday 8th March 2018, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Level 5 Foyer, SIT Building, Nanyang Polytechnic

  • EDI in Research Conference

    Date/Time: Friday 25th October 2019

    Venue: King's Hall, Armstrong Building

  • NU Women

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 18th December 2019, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: The Boiler House

  • NU Women event

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 12th November 2019, 14:00 - 15:00

    Venue: Armstrong Building, room 1.04

  • NU Women Annual Lecture 2019

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 2nd October 2019 13:30 - 14:30

    Venue: Old Library Building, 2.29

  • International Women in Engineering Day

    Date/Time: Monday 24th June 2019, 18:00 - 21:00

    Venue: The Think Lab, Ellison Building, Northumbria University

  • Third Gender and STEM Network Conference

    Date/Time: 21st - 23rd July 2016

    Venue: Newcastle University Business School

  • Soapbox Science

    Date/Time: Saturday, 16th June 2018, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Grey's Monument, Newcastle City Centre

  • Marie Curie Alumni Association Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 26th March 2019 13:00 - 17:00

    Venue: G.69 Reception Room, Armstrong Building

  • International Women's Day Event

    Date/Time: Friday, 8th March, 12:00 - 14:30

    Venue: Daysh Building, Room 5.65

  • EDIcons and scones

    Date/Time: Friday 8th March 2019, 14:00 - 15:00

    Venue: The Buttery, Merz Court

  • International Women's Day Guest Lecture

    Date/Time: Friday 8th March 2019, 11:00 - 12:00

    Venue: Herschel Lecture Theatre 1

  • International Women's Day Breakfast Event

    Date/Time: Friday, 8th March 2019, 08:30 - 10:00

    Venue: Armstrong Reception Rooms

  • International Women's Day - Singapore

    Date/Time: Friday, 8th March 2019, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Level 5 Foyer, SIT Building, Nanyang Polytechnic

  • Inspirational Women of Law Lecture 2019

    Annual lecture

    Date/Time: Thursday, 14th March 2019, 13:00 - 17:30

    Venue: Law Lecture Theatre, Newcastle Law School, Windsor Terrace

  • Women and LBT intersections: creating an inclusive culture

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 5th February 2019, 12:30 - 14:00

    Venue: 3.38 Armstrong Building

  • Launch of The Families Project

    Date/Time: Friday, 25th January 2019, 10:30 0 12:00

    Venue: David Shaw Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Medical School

  • NU Women Career Conversations

    Date/Time: Thursday, 31st January, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Lindisfarne Room, Hadrian Building

  • Athena SWAN S-M-A-R-T Action Planning

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 13th December 2017 14:00 - 16:00

    Venue: Room 1.48 Armstrong Building

  • NU Women Workshop - Self Hypnosis and Stress

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 25th April 2017, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Courtyard Dining Room

  • Athena SWAN Open Presentation

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 17th May 2017, 14:00 - 15:30

    Venue: Room 1.01, Claremont Tower

  • Newcastle Business School E&D Seminar Series

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 24th May 14:30 - 17:30

    Venue: Partners' Room, Newcastle Business School

  • Live screening of Karen Spärck Jones Lecture 2017: Creating Robots that Care

    Date/Time: Thursday, 25th May 2017, 18:00 - 19:30

    Venue: Herschel Ground Floor Lecture Room 1, Newcastle University

  • ECU Lunchtime Webinars

    Date/Time: Tuesday 27th June 2017, 12:30 - 14:00 and Thursday 29 June, 12:30 - 14:00

    Venue: N/A

  • IT's not just for the boys!

    Date/Time: Friday, 17th February 2017, time TBC

    Venue: Bloomberg, London

  • Celebratory event to mark International Women's Day 2017 @ NUIS

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 8th March 2017 13:00 - 15:00

    Venue: Level 5 Foyer, SIT Building, Nanyang Polytechnic

  • Bold for Change: "Just another Day's Work"

    Date/Time: Thursday, 9th March 2017, 16:00 - 17:00

    Venue: F16 Stephenson Building, Newcastle University

  • Women & Cinema Day with Kim Longinotto

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 8th March 2017 09:30 - 18:00

    Venue: Culture Lab, Newcastle University

  • A Woman's Place is in Parliament - exploring your political pathway

    Date/Time: Thursday, 30th March 2017, 18:00 - 20:00

    Venue: Northumbria University, Room 403 Northumbria Law School, City Campus

  • Public Lecture: Campus Sexual Violence:

    Date/Time: Tuesday 14th March 2017, 17:00 - 18:00

    Venue: Newcastle Law School , Law Lecture Theatre

  • Women Returners Conference 2016

    Date/Time: Monday, 14th November 2016, 09:00 - 17:30

    Venue: One Moorgate Place, London

  • AUA Diversity and Equality Network Event

    Date/Time: Friday, 20th January 2017, 12:30 - 16:30

    Venue: ECU Office, First Floor, Westminster Tower, 3 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SP

  • Thinking Digital Women Conference

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 1st November 2016, 08:30 - 17:30

    Venue: Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • AUA Lunchtime Session - Diversity at Newcastle

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 8th March 2017, 12:00 - 13:00

    Venue: Seminar room 2:20, Research Beehive

  • International Women's Day 2017

    Celebratory Lunchtime Event

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 8th March 2017 12:45 - 14:30

    Venue: The Courtyard Dining Room, Research Beehive

  • Workshop: Stepping up to a Leadership Role

    Date/Time: Thursday, 19th January 2017, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Law School Conference Room

  • NOT Acting Our Age: Older Women Challenging Gender Stereotypes and Celebrating Life - Invitation for Event Participants

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 8th March 2017, 12:00 - 13:00

    Venue: Newcastle City Centre

  • 'Meet Your Future' Careers & Networking Lunch

    Date/Time: Friday, 10th March 2017, 13:00 -14:00

    Venue: School of Mechanical Engineering, F1, Stephenson Building

  • Soapbox Science 2017

    Date/Time: Saturday 17th June 2017, 12:00 - 15:00

    Venue: Grey's Monument, Newcastle City Centre

  • Women's Committee of the Economic History Society Workshop

    Date/Time: Saturday, 19th November 2016

    Venue: The Mining Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Executive Board Lunch: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Date/Time: Thursday 12th July 2018, 12:00 - 13:00

    Venue: Hall 3 Exhibition Space, Great North Museum

  • Joint NU Women and Gender Research Group Event

    Date/Time: Monday 21st May 2018, 16:00 - 17:00

    Venue: Percy Building, room G.05

  • NU Women workshop: Stress and Wellbeing in the Workshop

    Date/Time: Wednesday 13th June 2018, 12:00 - 13:30

    Venue: Room G3.13, Percy Building

  • Interactive Carer Awareness Session

    Date/Time: Tuesday 12th June 2018, 11:30 - 14:30

    Venue: Lindisfarne Room, Hadrian Building

  • Inspiring Women Conference 2018

    Date/Time: Saturday, 3rd March 2018, 10:00 - 16:00

    Venue: Newcastle University Student's Union

  • NU Women Professional Service Network

    Date/Time: Tuesday 5th June 2018, 12:15 - 13:30

    Venue: G21/22 Ground Floor Devonshire Building

  • Imposter Syndrome workshop

    Date/Time: Tuesday 20th March 2018, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Bamburgh Room, Hadrian Building

  • Gender and Unconscious Bias in STEM

    Date/Time: Friday, 23rd February 2018, 15:00 - 18:30

    Venue: Lit and Phil Society, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Making Professor Workshop

    Date/Time: Monday 11th June 2018, 10:00 - 13:00

    Venue: Daysh Building, Room 5.65

  • Newcastle University Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Research Conference

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 19th June 2018 10:00 - 16:00

    Venue: The Boiler House

  • Story Box

    Date/Time: Tuesday 6th - Friday 9th February 2018

    Venue: Grainger Market, Newcastle upon Tyne

  • Athena SWAN Cross Faculty Forum

    Date/Time: Tuesday 20th March 2018, 13:00 - 14:00

    Venue: G21/22 Ground Floor Devonshire Building

  • CANCELLED - International Women's Day 2018

    Date/Time: Thursday, 8 March 2018, 12:30 - 14:00

    Venue: The Boiler House

  • Representation of Women in politics

    Date/Time: Friday 2nd March 2018, 11:30 - 13:00

    Venue: The Boiler House

  • ThisNanCan

    Date/Time: Monday 15th - Tuesday 16th January 2018

    Venue: University Sports Centre

  • Equality and Diversity in Higher Education

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 2nd November 2015, 09:30 - 16:30

    Venue: Woburn House Conference Centre, London

  • Athena SWAN Cross-Faculty Forum

    Date/Time: Thursday, 12th May 2016 14:30 - 16:00

    Venue: Boardroom, Research Beehive

  • Soapbox Science 2016

    Date/Time: Saturday, 18th June 2016, 10:30 - 16:00

    Venue: Grey's Monument, Newcastle City Centre

  • Pride and Prejudice - breaking down barriers in science

    Annual Royal Society Diversity Conference

    Date/Time: Monday, 23rd November 2015 10:00 - 16:00

    Venue: 6 - 9 Carlton Road, London

  • Equality, austerity and globalisation: why things aren't getting better and why we need feminism

    Tyneside Geographical Society Lecture

    Date/Time: Thursday, 21st April 2016, 17:30 - 18:45

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building

  • Innovative solutions for tomorrow's energy systems

    Date/Time: Friday, 24th June 2016, 12:00 - 13:00

    Venue: CPD room (M4.13), Merz Court

  • Gertrude Bell and the 'Woman Question'

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 23rd February 2016, 17:30 - 18:45

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building

  • NU Parents' Network Meeting

    Date/Time: Monday, 30th November 2015, 12:00 - 13:00

    Venue: Room B.32, Lower Ground Floor, Barbara Strang Teaching Centre

  • Engineers Without Borders - Panel Discussion

    Date/Time: Tuesday 12th April, 18:15 - 19:45

    Venue: G.36, Barbara Strange Teaching Centre

  • Athena SWAN North East Regional Network Meeting

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 24th August 2016, 11:00 - 15:30

    Venue: University of Huddersfield

  • Public Lecture Series

    Date/Time: Friday, 29 April 2016, 18:30 - 20:00

    Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building

  • Women in Science Doing Outstanding Maths (WISDOM)

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 21st June 2016, 16:30 - 19:30

    Venue: Hershel Building Foyer, Newcastle University

  • Improve Your Confidence - extra session

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 13th July 2016, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Kings gate L1:26

  • National Women in Engineering Day (NWED)

    Date/Time: 9th / 23rd June 2016

    Venue: Level 5 Foyer, SIT

  • Improve Your Confidence

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 29th June 2016 12:30 - 14:00

    Venue: Kings gate L1:26

  • Makeup Your Mind - a mother and daughter event on campus

    Date/Time: Saturday, 7th May 2016, 09:30 - 12:30

    Venue: Newcastle University campus

  • NUWise Event - National Science Week

    Date/Time: Friday, 18 March 2016, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Rutherford Hall, Ellison Building, Northumbria University

  • Creating a digital identity and promoting your research online

    Date/Time: Wednesday, 23rd March 2016, 12:00 - 14:00

    Venue: Kings gate L1.20

  • Newcastle University and Athena SWAN

    Date/Time: Tuesday, 23rd February 2016, 12:15 - 13:15

    Venue: Room 2:21, Research Beehive