Lero together with the University of Limerick’s Department of Computer Science and Information Systems have been recognised with an Athena SWAN Silver Award. The award, an accreditation of the Athena SWAN Charter which is a framework aimed at promoting gender equality in higher education and research, holds extra significance as it is the first computer science-related application in the Republic of Ireland to receive an Athena SWAN Silver charter.
Several projects and initiatives were carried out by Lero@UL and CSIS across governance and structure, research, international engagement, outreach, career development and culture to achieve this prestigious status.
The Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team was co-chaired by Dr Martina Prendergast, International Funding Manager at Lero and Dr Lilian Motti, Associate Professor in Interaction Design at CSIS, who led the preparation for the Silver Award application from the implementation and impact assessment of the Bronze Action Plan.
Further information can be found here.