Athena SWAN

A to Z

• How to use the Athena Swan staff dashboards

  Introduction to staff data resources

For authorised staff

• 5.1.i Academic appointments by grade and gender

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• 5.1.iii Academic promotion by grade, gender and contract mode

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• Mandatory data: Staff by grade, contract function and gender

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• Recruitment applications, shortlists and appointments by grade and gender

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• Staff by grade and gender on fixed-term and open-ended contracts (contract type)

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

Other data

• 4.2.iii: Academic leavers by grade and gender and full-/part-time status

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• 5.1.iv Department submissions to the Research Excellence Framework (REF)

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• 5.3.i Training uptake by grade and gender

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• 5.5.iv Maternity return rate

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

• 5.5.v Paternity, shared parental, adoption, and parental leave uptake

  Required for Bronze, Silver and Gold awards

Further reading

• Academic staff: external benchmarking

  Staff numbers by gender, salary range and cost centre in the Russell Group

• Athena Swan resources for departments

  Google Drive folder containing information for departments making an Athena SWAN application

• Notes on data

  Relation of grades to common academic job titles