Navigating unChartered waters: anchoring Athena SWAN into Irish HEIs

Figures & data

Table 1. Top 10 UK Universities in QS Rankings, Athena SWAN award holders and Membership of LERU and Russell Group 2020

University	QS Rank centre	AS Status	LERU	Russell Group
Oxford	5	Bronze	Yes	Yes
Cambridge	7	Silver	Yes	Yes
Imperial	8	Silver	Yes	Yes
UCL	10	Silver	Yes	Yes
Edinburgh	20	Silver	Yes	Yes
Manchester	27	Bronze		Yes
Kings College	31	Bronze		Yes
LSE	49	Bronze		Yes
Bristol	58	Bronze		Yes
Warwick	62	Silver		Yes

Sources: Advance HE (2021), QS Rankings (2020), LERU Universities (2021) and Russell Group (2021)

Table 2. Institutional Athena SWAN Bronze award holders (19) 2021

Institution	Award
Cork IT	Bronze
Dublin City University	Bronze
IT Carlow	Bronze
Limerick IT	Bronze
Mary Immaculate College	Bronze
Maynooth University	Bronze
National College of Ireland	Bronze
NUI Galway	Bronze
Royal College of Surgeons	Bronze
Trinity College Dublin	Bronze
TU Dublin	Legacy
University College Cork	Bronze
University College Dublin	Bronze
University of Limerick	Bronze

Table 3. Departmental Bronze Award Holders (52) 2021

Institution	Number of Bronze Awards
Maynooth University	5
NUI Galway	4
Royal College of Surgeons	3
Trinity College Dublin	10
University College Cork	9
University College Dublin	9
University of Limerick	12
TOTAL	52