This is Monash’s fifth Cygnet Award.

Monash provided gender affirmation leave, workplace guidelines and dedicated HR staff to improve experiences of inclusion.

Faculty and HDR students benefitted from Monash’s support for parents and carers.

Monash adjusted workloads, supported travel for dependents and introduced a communications strategy to support staff with caring responsibilities.

Their work is part of a growing higher education trend to improve investment in equity for Indigenous staff.

Monash University adapted their recruitment processes to provide Indigenous candidates with roles that fit their specific strengths, skills and career aspirations.

Monash becomes the first Group of Eight university to earn a SAGE Cygnet Award.

Read about Monash University’s framework to support more equitable promotions.

Leadership training, mentorship, networking and financial aid benefited nurses at any career stage, while sharing experiences helped early-career nurses. 

Most organisations had policies on flexible and interrupted training, but few had transparent data on how people were selected for committees or training programs. 

The initiative brings together medical and nursing colleges, leading health services, government and academia to co-design and implement structural change. 

In the second session of the Intersectionality Series, we outline some guiding principles for the types of data we collect and how.