Advance HE outlines range of improvements in response to independent review
The application process for Athena SWAN awards, which recognise universities’ work on gender equality, will be streamlined to “reduce data burden” after a review found that it was too lengthy and there was a lack of trust in its assessments.
As well as aiming for faster turnaround of results and feedback, Advance HE, which runs the Athena SWAN Charter, will develop new panel roles and processes and explore the development of a portal to make it easier for institutions to collate data, it said on 6 May.
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