Good Practice

The Good Practice Steering Group has been set up to take forward initiatives in relation to the five principles laid out in the London Mathematical Society Good Practice Scheme:

a robust organisational framework to deliver equality of opportunity and reward; appointment, promotion and selection processes and procedures that encourage men and women to apply for academic posts at all levels; departmental structures and systems that enable men and women to progress and continue in their careers; departmental organisation, structure, management arrangements and culture that are open, inclusive and transparent and encourage the participation of all staff;  flexible approaches and provisions that encompass the working day, the working year and a working life and enable individuals, at all career and life stages, to maximise their contribution to mathematics, their department and institution.

The Mathematical Institute is a Good Practice Supporter, and has recently submitted an application to the Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science with support from the Oxford University Equality and Diversity Unit.

Women have played an important role across the University. Women at Oxford presents a brief history of women's participation in the University, and links to video interviews which explore the impact Oxford has had on women's lives and what challenges remain.

Women have also shaped our department: see Spotlight on Women Mathematicians in Oxford and Memories of Mathematics at Oxford.

For more specific good practice resources follow these links:

Resources for Women   -   Parents and Carers   -   Disability   -   Harassment   -   Sexual Orientation   -   Race

Prospective Students   -   Undergraduate Students   -   Graduate Students   -   Postdoctoral Researchers   -  Staff