Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion for all and have a number of active networks for staff and students to join.
Our Networks
LGBTQ+ Psychology Network
The LGBTQ Psychology Network is open to staff and students across UofG to join. The network runs monthly events and seminars during term-time, including talks and film nights. LGBTQ staff in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience also provide Rainbow Office Hours in each semester where students can talk to an LGBTQ member of staff.
Neurodiversity Network
Founded by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience’s Dr Chiara Horlin and Dr Elliot Spaeth of the Academic Development Service, their mission is to provide awareness, representation, and promote inclusion of neurodiversity in higher education. The Network is a collective of interdisciplinary staff and students with lived experience of neurodiversity who endeavour to share resources, information and research about neurodiversity to the University community and beyond. They particularly wish to provide opportunities to co-collaborate with neurodivergent staff and students (current and prospective), as well as connecting with community stakeholders, and both the global neurodiversity movement and higher education community.
Race and Equality Network
This network is a collective of staff and students based in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow who are people of colour (POCs) or their allies who hold shared values of inclusion, representation, and diversity. The goal of the network is to provide a safe space to discuss issues such as systemic racism in Psychology, and what it is like being a person of colour in our School. The network aims to highlight issues, achievements, offer mentorship, and to educate staff and students to provide a representative and inclusive learning and working experience for all.
The network also provides people with lived experience of poor representation to discuss and collaborate on opportunities to diversify and decolonise the Psychology curriculum and engage in scholarship around this area.
Athena Swan
The Athena Swan Charter was initially established in 2005 to recognise commitment to advancing women's careers in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. In 2015 the Charter was expanded to recognise work undertaken to address gender equality more broadly and not only the barriers to progression that affect can women.
The University of Glasgow is committed to promoting equality of opportunity in all its activities and aims to provide a work, learning, research and teaching environment free from discrimination and unfair treatment. Procedures for advancement, promotion and progression are designed to be fair, transparent and consistent with the University's Equal Opportunities Policies. The University of Glasgow was awarded an Athena Swan Institutional Bronze Award in April 2013 and in April 2016 successfully submitted an application for the new Bronze award on the expanded Charter.
The School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology submitted a joint application, under the new Charter, in April 2016 and successfully received their departmental Bronze Award in October 2016. In August 2020, we were awarded an Athena Swan Silver Award.
School of Psychology & Neuroscience Silver Application and Action Plan 2020
Self-Assessment Team
- Rachael Jack, SAT Roles: Chair; Mentoring; Paper Writing Group
- Stephany Biello, SAT Roles: Deputy chair; Parental champion
- Philippe Schyns, Professor of Psychology (CCNi)
- Emily Cross, SAT Roles: Lead; Culture Development Group
- Alessio Fracasso, SAT Roles: Lead; Staff Career Development
- Maxine Swingler, SAT Roles: Lead; Flexible Working Group
Working Group Members
Culture Development Group
- Judith Stevenson, Roles: Culture development group member, Ambassador for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours and passionate about reducing stigma surrounding mental health
- Marc Becirspahic, Roles: Culture development group member
Flexible Working Group
- Lorna Morrow, Roles: Flexible working group member
Student Career Development Group
- Carolyn Saund (PGR), Roles: Student career development group member; Social Media Lead
- Greta Todorova (PGR), Roles: Student career development group member
- Heather Cleland-Woods, Roles: Student career development group member
- Olivia Davis (PGR), Roles: Student career development group member
- Ian Bushnell, Roles: Student career development group member
- Jaedeok Kwan (PGR), Roles: Student career development group member
- Jaime Torrance, Roles: Student career development group member
- Kerry Kilborn, Roles: Student career development group member
- Wilhelmina Toivo, Roles: Student career development group member
Staff Career Development Group
- David Simmons, Roles: Staff career development group member
- Robin Ince, Roles: Staff career development group member
- Sara Sereno, Roles: Staff career development group member
Affiliate Members
- Dianne Masson (P&SS), Administration
- Stacy Marsella
- John Riddell, Head of Centre for Neuroscience
- Gregor Thut, Head of Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi)
- Keith Muir
