SWIP UK is very pleased to announce this year's recipients of recognition for women-friendliness: Women-Friendly Department: 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon: The University of Oregon's Philosophy Department is the only program in the US that requires all its PhD graduate students and most of its MA students to take two courses in feminist philosophy during theirtime with us. The program is structured around the "four traditions":Analytic, Continental, American and Feminist philosophy. The faculty is 40% female, and the graduate students are consistently around 50% female. The department is recognized in the NRC rankingsas #3 in the nation in diversity. It is the home of the Feminist Philosophy Research Interest Group which is funded by the Center for the Study of Women in Society, a robust feminist research center at the University of Oregon (website: http://csws.uoregon.edu/). Women-Friendly Initiatives: 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh Women in Philosophy Group. 2. Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan: Proactive measures to improve gender balance in PhD students. -- _________________________________________________ Professor Jennifer Saul Department of Philosophy University of Sheffield 45 Victoria Street, Sheffield S3 7QB Ph: 0114 222 0578 E-mail: [log in to unmask] <http://www.shef.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/profiles/saul.html>