Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Updates
We are proud to announce that the QUB School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, from where a significant number of our RIED Team members come from, has been awarded Advance HE Athena Swan Gold, making it one of only three UK engineering Schools to hold Gold, and the only Engineering School on the island of…
In keeping with our EDI Policy and the principles of Athena Swan, the RIED consortium believe it is important to maintain and share our gender data on a regular basis. An example of the data collected to date from all partner Universities and our Boards' membership is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 shows the…
We are immensely proud to announce that Queen’s, has become the first university on the island of Ireland – and only the second in the UK – to be awarded an Athena Swan Gold Award for our commitment to advancing gender equality across higher education. Positioning the University as a leader in gender equality in…
On the 22 January 2024, Queens University Belfast announced the launch of a new institutional Equality Scheme and Action Plan 2024-2029. Underpinning the QUB Strategy 2030 and the People and Culture Plan, the new Equality Scheme sets out how QUB will continue to develop an inclusive environment that reflects and supports the values and diversity…