Have you seen this season’s Learning for All? Staff Learning and Development produce Learning for All every season, which gives a run-down on all things learning for us. You can find the publication on the Staff L&D website. This season’s has a calming meadow...
Category: Biological Sciences
International Women’s Day celebrations 2019 #BalanceforBetter
The theme for this year’s International Women's Day (Friday, 8 March) was #BalanceforBetter and we've been celebrating across the faculty and University with some fantastic events that celebrated the contribution of women, while highlighting the need for a more...
SBS Athena SWAN Silver Award Action Plan – 2019 -2021: what we promised…
On the 1st August 2016, the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences (FMHS) and the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) were restructured and formed a new faculty, The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. The aim was to bring together a new simpler, more integrated...
Improving staff wellbeing – is it the answer to everything or just a fad?
On 29th January we held our Athena SWAN network wellbeing event which was well attended by academic, research and PS staff from our Faculty (89 staff members signed up and, even with the bad weather, most turned up). We were delighted to be joined by...
Implementing the new SBS Athena SWAN action plan – Working Groups for all staff/students
Implementation of the new action plan is now in full swing following the recent quarterly Self Assessment Team (SAT) meeting – but we are short of hands and would like some more volunteers please! If you would like to be more involved, anyone is welcome to join one of...
Northern Power Futures Festival: Review
‘This century is the century for the North’; these opening words from Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, certainly rang true as over two days the Northern Power Futures Festival brought people together for discussions on the future of the North by those who...
Help us to work towards a more equal, diverse and inclusive FBMH
It is well-known that a diverse staff increases the efficiency, productivity and competitive advantage of any organisation: a study has found gender equality in the workplace could add $4.3 trillion (£3 trillion) to the US economy by 2025. Within FBMH it’s more than...
Working Well at Manchester
Over the last year the University has been continuing to develop the wellbeing offering for our people. We want a healthy workplace, for everyone. A workplace where we can enable our employees to look after their own physical and psychological health, supported with...
What is Athena SWAN?
Athena SWAN recognition is all about helping people reach their potential in an equal and diverse working environment, which means current and future initiatives will have a direct effect on everyone in the School of Biological Sciences (SBS). Our aim:...
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