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Accessibility & LanguageJuly University of Galway secures Athena SWAN Bronze award for progress on equality
University of Galway secures Athena SWAN Bronze award for progress on equality
Dr Catherine Emerson, Athena Swan Chair and lecturer in the School of Languages Literatures and Cultures and Dr Helen Maher, Vice President for Equality Diversity and Inclusion, University of Galway. Photo: Andrew Downes
Jul
22
2025
Posted: 10:32 IST
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures receives Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of initiatives to support staff and students
University of Galway has earned further significant recognition in the advancement of equality with the School of Languages Literatures and Cultures securing an Athena SWAN award.
The School of Languages Literatures and Cultures in the University’s College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies has secured the Athena SWAN Ireland – Bronze, reflecting the collective commitment of the School to equality, diversity and inclusion.
The School’s application highlighted a range of initiatives that will be taken, including supporting staff from outside of Ireland to achieve their full potential and ensuring students feel welcome and supported in their studies regardless of their sex, race or financial background.
This latest Athena SWAN accreditation sees a total of 12 Bronze Awards and two Silver Awards in the University, along with an institutional Bronze Award which was renewed in 2021.
Fourteen out of the University’s eighteen Schools now hold Athena SWAN Awards.
Dr Helen Maher, Vice-President for Equality Diversity and Inclusion, University of Galway, said: “We are delighted to share in the congratulations for the School of Languages Literatures and Cultures. We are greatly encouraged by the significant progress our university continues to make on gender and additional equality grounds.
“Achieving the School’s first Bronze Award is a testament to our colleagues’ vision, philosophy and commitment to gender equality and progressing equality, diversity and inclusion in our culture and our collective responsibilities.”
Professor Patrick Crowley, Head of the School of Languages Literatures and Cultures, University of Galway, said: “This award is the fruit of great collaboration and a radical commitment to making institutional structures more just and more inclusive for all our colleagues in the School and for all our students. The process also brought to the fore so much good that has always been at the heart of our School. The EDI committee, under the brilliant, fierce leadership of Dr Catherine Emerson, will continue this interrogation and ongoing work.”
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