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A Critical Analysis of Athena Swan as a Policy-Scoring Scheme
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John Armstrong; Alice Sullivan – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
Athena Swan was established in 2005 with the goal of advancing the careers of women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) subjects in higher education. Since then, it has expanded its remit in various ways and has generated some controversy. This paper explains how Athena Swan operates as a policy-scoring scheme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Higher Education