Athena Swan Champions Network

University of Galway's Athena Swan Champions Network

_{Front Row (Sofa): Bernadine Brady, Paul Flynn, Sarah-Anne Buckley, Florence Abram
Middle Row: Laura Loftus, Marion, Ciara O’ Meara, Anne O’ Grady, Aoife Cooke, Dearbhaile Morris
Back Row:  Paul Murphy , Aoibhin Keighron, Edward Jones, Gwen Ryan, John McCrae}

University of Galway’s Athena Swan Champions meet on a quaterly basis to discuss progress and obstacles arising at School and Unit level in relation to Athena Swan. Items raised during these meetings feed into the discussions of the Athena Swan ISAT.

The aim of the Athena Swan Champions Network is to facilitate knowledge exchange and support between those involved in Athena Swan activities across the University. The Champions Network consists of the SAT (Self-Assessment Team) Chairs, the Vice Deans for Equality Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Vice President for Equality Diversity and Inclusion.

The Role of a Champion

Each School in the University of Galway typically has two Swan Co-Champions, appointed from within a School, who report directly to their Head of School. Athena Swan Champions are usually the Chair of their local Athena Swan Self-Assessment Teams (SAT) and are members of their School's Senior Management/Executive Boards.

The role of Athena Swan Co-Champion is a significant leadership position and Athena Swan activity is recognised under the contribution criterion for academic promotion. 

Purpose

This network enables new Champions to make connections with Champions in other schools, facilitates horizontal and vertical exchange of information, enables integration of institutional and school-level actions and fosters synergising of solutions.

Current Athena Swan Champions

Athena Swan Champions	School
Edel Doherty	Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Padraic De Búrca
Pamela Likely
Maeve Duffy	School of Engineering
Rachel Quinlan	School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics
Kishor Das
Stephan Rudykh
Florence Abram	School of Biological & Chemical Sciences
Paul Murphy
Miriam Byrne	School of Natural Science
John McCrae	School of Computer Science/DSI
Michael Madden
Edward Curry
Dearbháile Morris
Ciara O'Meara	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Anne O'Grady
Caroline McIntosh	School of Health Sciences
Gerry Molloy	School of Psychology
Helena Lydon
Kathy Reilly	School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies
Bernadine Brady	School of Political Science and Sociology
Declan Coogan
Paul Flynn	School of Education
Catherine Emerson	School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Katherine Pigott	College of Arts Social Science and Celtic Studies
Sarah-Anne Buckley	Vice Dean for EDI CASSCS/SAT Chair School of History and Philosophy
Deirdre Curran	Vice Dean for EDI CBPPL
Mary Dempsey	Vice Dean for EDI CSE
Kasia Whysall	Vice Dean for EDI CMNHS
Helen Maher	OVPEDI, VP EDI
Laura Loftus	OVPEDI, Chair and EDI Programme Manager for Gender Equality
Aoife Cooke	OVPEDI, Head of EDI
Margaret Forde	OVPEDI, EDI Data Manager
Owen Ward	OVPEDI, EDI Programme Manager for Race Equality
Additional Associates
Niamh Gallagher	OVPEDI
Emma Hawkins	CMNMHS EDI Manager
Muhammad Naveed Abbas	CMNHS EDI Research Assistant

University of Galway's Athena Swan Champions Network 2022

‌Left to right: Dr. Sandra Galvin, Dr. Katarzyna Goljanek, Dr. Victoria Hogan, Dr. Deirdre Gilpin, Dr. Helen Maher, Dr. Laura Loftus and Aoife Cooke attended the first Athena Swan Champions Network- 1st December 2022