In the School of Psychology, we wish to ensure that everything we do exemplifies the best international practices in promoting equality and equity, so that everyone, including our current and prospective staff and students, has every opportunity to thrive in an inclusive and diverse environment.
Our commitment to equality arose initially from our aims to ensure positive gender practice to remove barriers for progression that affect women. The Athena Swan charter was launched in Ireland in early 2015 to support gender equality in higher education and research. The School of Psychology obtained its Athena Swan Silver Award in 2024, following its Bronze Award in 2020. Our dedication to gender equality continues to grow and we now actively champion equality for all genders including non-binary and other gender identities, and transgender staff and students in the School.
We are enthusiastic in our promotion of equality of access to education and research and we aim to ensure equity of opportunities so that all our students can benefit from excellent, inclusive educational experiences and outcomes. We champion initiatives to ensure that students who access our courses through non-traditional entry routes such as the Trinity Access Program, the Higher Education Access Route, or the Disability Access Route to Education are fully supported academically. Our staff and student body is diverse, with many individuals of different ethnicity, nationality, race, and religion, and we aim to actively foster an environment that is inclusive for everyone.
The School's Equity, Equality, Inclusion and Diversity (EEDI) committee comprises an EEDI director appointed from the academic staff, members of the academic and professional staff, and student representatives from each year of the undergraduate program and each of the postgraduate programs. The EEDI director is a member of the School executive, and of Trinity’s network of EEDI directors.