KBS honoured to be the first business school in Ireland to have been awarded the prestigious Athena Swan Silver award

Kemmy Business School receive Athena Swan Silver Award

The KBS is honoured to be the first business school in Ireland to have been awarded the prestigious Athena Swan Silver award marking the schools’ ongoing efforts to achieving equality, diversity and inclusion.

Since being awarded the Bronze award in 2019, the faculty has committed to deliver on a range of clear measurable actions that result in impactful outcomes. Key successes that contributed to the school winning the award included the increased representation of female staff at the most senior academic grades meeting the HEA target for female professors. Additionally, the school increased outreach activities to support increased representation of female students on programmes where participation had been low along with the provision of targeted career development supports particularly benefiting early and mid-career academics. Recognising the efforts of the EDI committee and broader faculty, Executive Dean Finbarr Murphy stated “this is a tremendous accomplishment, that underscores the impact of creating a working and learning culture that embodies the principles of Athena Swan, empowering staff and students to reach their full potential.”  

Commenting on the achievement, Chair of the KBS EDI committee, Dr Caroline Murphy stated “the Silver award recognises the progress achieved in addressing gender equality since our Bronze award, and marks the starting point of a broader and more ambitious action plan of activities to be achieved over the next four years.”