The University of Wolverhampton has long been committed to an ethos of equality and fairness. The University’s original “Gender Equality Scheme” underlined our commitment to working with Schools and Departments to ensure that gender issues were identified and progressed. During the academic year 2009 – 2010 the University commissioned a report entitled “Women in Research at the University of Wolverhampton: An Institutional Case Study”. This report made a number of recommendations. A Steering Group chaired by the PV-C Academic has been established to implement the recommendations. By joining Athena Swan the University hopes to benefit from being a member of a wide network and learn from and contribute to the exchange of good practice. Examples of good practice include a project run by the School of Computing and Information Technology to address the problem of the low number of girls on their technical courses. The School developed links with local state schools and ran a very effective computer club for girls (CC4G). The girls presented some highly successful work and showed greatly improved confidence and skills by the end of the project.
