Gender equality

Examples of the University’s key achievements

• GCU has achieved the prestigious Athena Swan Silver Award. Driven by our Advancing Gender Equality Group, GCU is an active member of the Athena Swan Scottish Regional Network. Our academic schools have each achieved Athena Swan Departmental awards too - Silver for SCEBE and Bronze for GSBS and SHLS.

• Our commitment to preventing and responding to gender-based and sexual violence. This is a priority area for GCU and an important aspect of our overall approach to safeguarding the wellbeing of our students.

• Involvement in SmartSTEMS to encourage young women into STEM subjects, Primary Engineer to encourage young people into engineering and Headstart, Inspire for Girls, Inspire for Boys, Engineering Development Trust programmes that include development of soft skills, experience of lab time and academic staff and student sessions.

• Gender inclusive student wellbeing policies including the Student Pregnancy and Maternity Policy and the Trans Student Policy.

• GCU has been a Living Wage Employer for over 10 years. In addition to this, GCU was confirmed as Scotland’s first accredited Living Wage University employer.

• Annual celebration of International Women's Day with events and activities involving students and staff from across all our campuses