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Building an Inclusive Culture in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College

by Claudia Cannon

Tom Welton on the ways in which Imperial College's Chemistry Department achieved a gold Athena SWAN award.

...there are no magic bullets, but steady continual action can make a real difference to the careers of both women and men

– Professor Tom Welton

Imperial College

In this guest editorial, Professor Tom Welton, dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, discusses the approach Imperial's Chemistry Department takes to building diversity within the university environment, and how this lead to the department being awarded Athena SWAN Gold.

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