University of St Andrews

Athena Swan

The University has successfully received the Silver Athena SWAN.

Aurora

Aurora is an external women-only leadership development programme. It is a unique partnership initiative bringing together leadership experts and higher education institutions to take positive action to address the under-representation of women in leadership positions in the sector.

HR Excellence in Research 

The University of St Andrews was first awarded the European Commission HR Excellence in Research award in May 2012 and has since successfully retained the award at each review, which takes place every 2 years.  

The Award previously recognised the University's alignment with the principles laid out in Vitae's 2008 Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers. 

The University of St Andrews is now a signatory to the 2019 Concordat and has committed to implementing this new Concordat and supporting Researchers in the three areas of focus.  

• Environment and culture 
• Employment 
• Professional and career development. 

Visit the Researcher Development Concordat section for more information.