Athena SWAN > Membership > Benefits
Benefits
- Joining the Charter can act as a catalyst for change in an organisation and SET
faculties/departments.
- SWAN will assist universities’ work towards creating equitable working cultures in which all staff can achieve their maximum potential.
- Membership can help the university to fulfill its statutory equal opportunities responsibilities.
- Membership may provide a positive incentive for staff to look for jobs in the university/their departments. Where departments have low numbers of women applicants for SET academic appointments, a silver SWAN may be a useful additional ‘pull’ factor.
- Inclusive working practices increase the retention of valued staff, especially women.
- Through award applications each member university will receive individual, expert
feedback.
- The process of applying for awards can help to clarify key issues, and identify
individual initiatives that already existed but were unknown outside their own
departments
- Commitment to equality issues in SET goes hand in hand with good and sustainable
science. Evidence suggests that highly rated RAE departments tend also to be proponents
of good practice.
- Membership provides a network of contacts and a range of useful information and
resources.
- Membership can enhance the university’s external status through the recognition that derives from participation in a national scheme and through the public relations and marketing opportunities provided by gaining a recognition award.
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