The School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin has received a Bronze Athena Swan Award for our commitment to advancing gender equality and inclusivity across our academic, learning and health service environments. 

Congratulations to the student and staff members of our Self-Assessment Team, who have adopted, championed and incorporated the principles of the Athena Swan charter within the School. Special thanks to Amhairgín Ní Laoi, Athena Swan Project Manager for the Faculty of Health Sciences, who has supported and guided the team every step of the way. 

The objective of the Athena Swan Ireland 2021 charter framework is to support higher education institutions, academic departments, and professional units in impactful and sustainable gender equality work and to build capacity for evidence-based equality work across the equality grounds enshrined in Irish legislation.  

Dr Damien Brennan, Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery said “The Bronze Athena Swan Award is a very significant milestone in our School’s development. The achievement of this award would not have been possible without the active engagement of the whole School community with the Athena Swan charter. I would particularly like to thank the members of the Self-Assessment Team and of course, Dr Vivienne Brady for her outstanding leadership and care in overseeing this application process.” 

 
Dr Vivienne Brady, Assistant Professor in Midwifery and Athena Swan Champion said “This is a really exciting development for our School and recognition of our values and commitment to principles of fairness, inclusion and equality. We look forward to implementing our action plan together and seeing positive impact in the weeks, months and years ahead. We are grateful for the work of our students and staff, the School leadership and the support of our colleagues in Trinity’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Unit.”