Last year the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) invited bids for its £5million ‘Inclusion Matters’ programme.
The Athena SWAN team put ourselves forward as partners in two bids led by the University of Nottingham and University of Lincoln.
We are delighted that both were successful. For the next two years, we will be working on the University of Nottingham’s ‘STEMM Change’ project which will cover a range of initiatives to build and embed cultural diversity.
This includes a ‘Change Maker’ placement scheme for technical colleagues. The University of Lincoln’s project is ‘ASPIRE’ and will draw on best practice across the sector to create an ‘EDI impact framework’.
For both projects, we will be collaborating with a number of other Universities and commercial partners.