We are committed to achieving and promoting equality of opportunity in learning, teaching, research and working environments, and to ensuring these environments support positive relations between people, and a culture of respect. We value the diversity of our staff and students and are committed to encouraging everyone to realise their full potential.
We encourage all staff to participate in a range of equality and diversity courses.
We are committed to the Athena SWAN Charter, a framework used worldwide to support and transform gender equality within higher education and research. This Charter was initially established in 2005 to encourage and recognise a commitment to advancing the careers of women in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine). It now addresses gender equality more broadly, not just barriers to progression that affect women. We have been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of our efforts.
We have a departmental EDI Committee who meet regularly. We work with the Head of Department to ensure equality of opportunity, fair policies and working practices that comply with the University's equal opportunities policy, and to increase gender equality among the demographic of the Department at all levels.
In particular, in recent years we have:-
Speaker: Dr Rosie Evans (University of St. Andrews)
Date: Thursday 22nd October 2026
Time: 12:45 - 15:00pm
Location: LT908 (Livingstone Tower, Level 9)
Registration: What can you do? - Recommendations for improving gender allyship in STEM
Schedule:
Talk title: What can you do? - Recommendations for improving gender allyship in STEM
Talk Abstract: Oftentimes those in STEM research can have good intentions about improving gender diversity, but do not necessarily know where to begin or the resources that are already available.
During my time as a PhD student, I co-hosted a workshop for postgraduate research students within the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham entitled “How to be an Ally”. The workshop aimed to collaboratively create a definition for what we as postgraduate research students believe to be an ally, with a focus on gender equity. We also planned to generate a broad set of actions to promote and develop allyship across the college ranging from individual to institutional level change.
In this talk, I will discuss the importance of allyship, the objectives of the “How to be an Ally” workshop and discuss some of the actions suggested by attendees. Last year, we created a booklet entitled “What can you do?” (in collaboration with the Piscopia Initiative) which incorporates the suggestions from the workshop alongside thoughts from academics across the UK and the Piscopia community. I will highlight some of the themes found across the recommendations, including the concept of the “invisible workload”, myth-busting an academic career and contextualising the mathematics that we teach.
The talk is supported by funding received from the University of Strathclyde’s Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Network Culture Network - Collaborative Cultures Development Funding (RKEI), supported by the Wellcome Trust (Wellcome Trust grant reference number 228116/Z/23/Z (‘Cultures of Collaborative Research in a Socially Progressive Technological University’)) .
Talk title: From Pure Maths to AI via Computer Science — One Woman’s Journey
Talk Abstract: In this talk I will offer some reflections on my personal journey from an undergraduate degree in pure mathematics, through to serving as the Head of School in the largest Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence department in the UK, the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in the period 2018-2023. During the talk as well as giving a high-level description of my research and how it evolved, I will also talk about the changing EDI landscape, highlighting both challenges and opportunities.
Short bio: Jane Hillston is a leading British computer scientist and academic leader whose work has had a significant impact on advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion in science and engineering. At the University of Edinburgh, she led the School of Informatics in achieving an Athena SWAN Silver Award, recognising sustained efforts to create a supportive and inclusive environment for women in computing. In recognition of her contributions to both computer science and women in science, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), reflecting her wider influence across the discipline.
Alongside this leadership, Hillston is internationally renowned for her research in performance modelling and formal methods. She is the creator of PEPA (Performance Evaluation Process Algebra), a foundational framework for analysing concurrent and distributed systems, and her work in stochastic modelling has advanced understanding of complex systems across computer science, systems biology, and cyber-physical systems.
Dr Yue Wu’s research article, “Linear Implicit Approximations of Invariant Measures of Semi-Linear SDEs with Non-Globally Lipschitz Coefficients,” has been published in the Journal of Complexity.
As the corresponding author, Dr Wu has made a significant contribution to the field. Her work has also been internationally recognised, having been selected for inclusion in Elsevier’s International Women in Mathematics Day 2026 article collection.
This prestigious collection highlights outstanding research contributions from women in mathematics across the globe, showcasing impactful and innovative work in the discipline.
You can explore the collection and learn more about this recognition here:
The London Mathematical Society Good Practice Scheme aims to advance women's careers in university mathematics departments. We are lucky to have an honorary member in our department, Senior Lecturer, Dr Penny Davies. As a supporter, the Mathematics & Statistics department is committed to:
The Early Career Network gives an informal space for staff, on the last Thursday of the month, to share experiences and discuss anything they feel important. Meetings will occasionally be attended by the Head or Deputy Head of Department so the network can feedback if needed. Please contact Dr Jack Laverick at jack.laverick@strath.ac.uk for more information.
The Piscopia Initiative is a UK-wide society run by students that aims to encourage women and non-binary students to pursue a PhD in mathematics or related STEM subject.
The society offers events to:
To find out more, you can contact the Piscopia representative for Strathclyde: Humaira Hameed, humaira.hameed@strath.ac.uk.
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Professor Ke Chen (HoD) |
Dr Lindsey Corson  |
Dr Debasish Das |
Dr Elizabeth Dombi  |
Dr Louise Kelly (Joint Convener) |
Ryan Kirkpatrick |
Dr Jack Laverick  |
Ann Lynch  |
Charlotte Nash |
Dr David Pritchard  |
Kathleen Simmonds (Joint Convener) |
Dr Elliot Sivel  |
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Dr Yue Wu  |
Minutes of previous meetings of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee are published on SharePoint (log-in required, staff only)
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