Athena SWAN Silver Award

SBES received Athena SWAN accreditation through a Silver medal in September 2024

For a copy of our school’s 2024 application, please contact the School office.

Read the complete version of our Athena Swan Silver GEAP 2024-2027

We believe that our proposed changes will benefit everyone in our School, our staff, our students and all those who visit. Our GEAP is fully supported by our Head of School, Associate Professor Evelyn Doyle:

 ‘The Athena SWAN initiative is about improving work practices for all of us. The changes introduced through the Athena SWAN process to address gender equity issues will also benefit staff with young families, those caring for elderly parents or others who need us, as well as our own self-care outside of our work lives, men & women’.

EDI committee co-chairs:

Dr. Hughes and Dr Murphy are the school’s EDI committee Co-Chairs and representatives on the College of Science EDI committee. You can reach them at (opens in a new window)g.hughes@ucd.ie and daniel.murphy1@ucd.ie

Dignity and Respect

At SBES, we strive for a positive working and learning environment, in which individuals treat one another with mutual respect and dignity. UCD’s dignity and respect policy supports a collegiate environment for all staff, students and visitors, which is free from discrimination, bullying and harassment (https://www.ucd.ie/equality/support/dignityrespect/).

UCD’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion unit plays a key role in ensuring the promotion and mainstreaming of equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the university. It promotes equality and diversity initiatives and implements the UMT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work plan. The unit provides support and advice in dealing with equality and diversity matters, participates on appropriate University groups and develops strategies which support the identification and implementation of best practice policies and procedures in the University. More information on UCD’s EDI policies and activities can be found here: https://www.ucd.ie/equality/information/policies/

If you have any concerns about Dignity & Respect or wish to report an incident of bullying, harassment, or sexual harassment please refer to the tools and options laid out in the UCD policy (https://www.ucd.ie/equality/support/dignityrespect/), including the annonymous Reporting tool, the option to speak to a Dignity & Respect Contact Person and the option to make formal or informal complaints.

You can find a range of information on supports for underrepresented groups within UCD through the UCD EDI group webpages including, but not limited to:

• Supports for women:
• The Aurora Leadership Development Programme
• Breastfeeding Facilities available on campus (the closest breastfeeding room for SBES members in the Science Center is in Room E 0.12 (beside Moore Auditorium) and access is granted through the Welcome Center)
• UCD Menopause (including Perimenopause) Policy and Guidance
• Supports for members of the LGBTI community
• Supports for people with Disabilities
• Supports for parents
• Supports for carers
• Guidance on mental health and wellbeing