
Welcome
Welcome to the FBMH Athena SWAN resource. We will be using this blog to update staff and students of the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) with the progress of each school's efforts towards progressing Equality and Diversity for all and implementing their...

International Women’s Day 2023 – Embracing Equity
Seminar 1: In Conversation with… Prof Dawn Edge - Embracing Equity Dawn Edge is Professor of Mental Health and Inclusivity at the University of Manchester Academic Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion on ‘race’, religion, and belief. She is the University of...

We Are All Storytellers…
Writing and wellbeing workshops provide boost for staff We Are All Storytellers, a pilot wellbeing initiative for University of Manchester staff, has received outstanding feedback from participants. Run by the School of Health Sciences, a mixed cohort of 21 staff,...

The Contribution of Women across the Lifespan in the Covid-19 Crisis
During March 2022 we have been hosting a series of inspirational weekly lunchtime speakers. The theme of the talks is The Contribution of Women across the Lifespan in the Covid-19 Crisis. The series started with Dr Elaine Dewhurst (University of Manchester) and Dr...

Celebrating Women #BreakTheBias
To celebrate International Women’s Day the School of Health Sciences Athena Swan committee have organised a month of celebrations to highlight the contributions of women during the Covid-19 pandemic. We started off with our excellent speaker on 9th March - Dr Pragya...

Where are UK Higher Education Institutions with Shared Parental Leave and Breastfeeding?
Family friendly rights, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), seem to be at the top of the agenda in most universities. Key departments in universities responsible for ensuring that the family friendly rights support the needs of working parents are the human...

Meet Suzanne: Research Project Manager UoM
I am a Project Manager at The University of Manchester supporting gynaecology research within cancer sciences. I have a BSc in Human Nutrition and started my research career in 2012 at the Institute of Metabolic Science in Cambridge as a research...

Meet Kate: Senior Research Programme Manager & Co-Lead Cancer Research Project Managers Network
I have worked at The University of Manchester for 20 years having completed a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at UMIST in 1997. After working as a Postdoc at Manchester Science Park for 3 years, I moved to the University to work in research business- and then...

Meet Rebecca: Senior Programme Manager & Co-lead Cancer Research Project Managers Network
After my BSc in Biochemistry and an MRes in Bioinformatics I decided not to follow an academic career path like many of my friends. However it turned out that University was the place for me and after a couple of years out I started at The University of...

Meet Emma: Research Programme Manager, The Christie & co-lead Cancer Research Project Managers Network
I am responsible for managing the Cancer Prevention & Early Detection (PED) research theme in the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Not only this but I also contribute to the strategic direction of Cancer PED research in Manchester,...

Meet Charlie: Senior Project Manager and co-chair Research Project Managers Network
I work within the digital health software team and oversee the delivery of mobile applications and platform technologies that are used in research projects, typically supporting people with long term health conditions, or in some cases helping to improve...
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