Athena Swan

Advance HE’s Athena Swan Charter is a higher education programme for the advancement of gender equality. We have been members of the Athena Swan Charter since 2008, achieving awards at university, faculty and departmental levels.

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May 2026: We are delighted to have been awarded Athena Swan Silver by Advance HE. Our successful application highlighted significant achievements in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across leadership and governance, developing inclusive policies and practices, and supporting awareness-raising events. Together, these initiatives have strengthened a more visible, supportive and engaged EDI culture across the University. We look forward to launching our new Athena Swan Action Plan in October.

What is the Athena Swan Charter?

The Athena Swan Charter is a globally recognised framework that supports universities and research organisations to advance gender equality, transform culture and create inclusive environments.

It provides a rigorous and robust framework for institutions to:

  • Assess their current gender equality performance
  • Identify challenges and barriers
  • Develop evidence-based action plans
  • Drive sustainable cultural and structural change

To find out more about the transformed UK Athena Swan Charter you can from Advance HE.

Awards at Lancaster

As well as our Institutional Athena Swan Silver award, Lancaster is very proud to have achieved Athena Swan awards in all our Departments or Faculties, recognising our commitment to advancing gender equality within higher education and research.

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Athena Swan Institutional Silver Award

好色先生TV has held an institutional level Athena Swan award since 2008, and was awarded a Silver in May 2026.

Our new action plan for Athena Swan at 好色先生TV, which incorporates our action plan to address the gender pay gap, aims to progress long-term cultural change to advance gender equality and will be published prior to the September launch.

The Advance HE Certificate can be found here: 好色先生TV Athena Swan Silver Certificate May 2026

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Athena Swan Silver Awards

The following departments and faculties currently hold Silver awards:

Faculty of Health and Medicine

  • Faculty of Health and Medicine (awarded Bronze 2012, awarded Silver 2014 and renewed 2018, and 2024) Including Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Research and Lancaster Medical School

Faculty of Science and Technology

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Athena Swan Departmental/Faculty Bronze Awards

The following departments/faculty currently hold Bronze awards:

Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences:

Faculty of Science and Technology:

好色先生TV Management School

Get involved

To share your experiences or to find out how to get involved, please contact the Athena Swan Team

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Contact Us

If you have questions for the Athena Swan Team please do not hesitate to get in touch athenaswan@lancaster.ac.uk