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Athena SWAN

Promoting career opportunities for women in STEMM subjects.

The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. Established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment, the Charter is now being used across the globe to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women.

Athena Swan Bronze Logo

For further information on Athena SWAN within the School please contact:

  • Dr Munira Raja - Chair of the School's EDI working group
  • Jane Gallagher - Management Services team leader and member of the School's EDI working group.

Our history

Photographs have always played an important role in university life. Here we look through our traditional annual undergraduate and staff member group photo's beginning with the year 1920. It is not until 1959 that we see our first female students.

Our commitment to equal pay

Below is an extract from 6th March 1945. Pg 3. University of Liverpool Guild Gazette (magazine). The article is about the cost of equal pay for men and women teachers costing £12 million.

Extract from Gazelle about equal pay among lecturers

Equality today

The University of Liverpool has been committed to improving equality and diversity for many years now and is also working hard to tackle the gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is a comparison between the income of the whole male staff population and the whole female staff population.

Athena SWAN Awards

The Athena SWAN award was established in 2015/2016 to reward undergraduate students on their contributions in promoting the participation of women in engineering.

Award-winning students

  • Hanyu Jin - Electrical Engineering and Electronics 2023
  • Megan Hughes - Computer Science 2022
  • Olivia Adams - Computer Science - 2021
  • Nachilila Kaluba - Computer Science - 2020
  • Florence Picciuto - Computer Science - 2020
  • Nadia Ismail - Electrical Engineering and Electronics - 2020
  • Emily Mann - Electrical Engineering and Electronics - 2019
  • Manon Sowerby - Electrical Engineering and Electronics - 2018
  • Karianne Van Westing - Computer Science - 2018
  • Lihkita Ala - Electrical Engineering and Electronics - 2017
  • Emily Young - Computer Science - 2017
  • Angelika Johannson - Computer Science - 2016
  • Jessica Lettall - Computer Science - 2016.