Advance HE's leadership development initiative for womenAthlone Institute of Technology (AIT) is very supportive and progressive higher education institute for students and staff. In 2019, AIT commenced our involvement in the Aurora Programme, Advance HE's leadership development initiative for women. This was championed by John McKenna, Vice President for Strategic Planning, Institutional Performance, Equality and Diversity and Jackie Farrell, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Officer.
OLYMPICS - ATHLETES
LGBTQ athletes are at the Tokyo Summer OlympicsAt least 169 publicly out gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and nonbinary athletes are headed to Tokyo for the Summer Olympic Games, more than triple the number who participated at the 2016 Rio Games.
The number of publicly out LGBTQ athletes in Tokyo is also greater than the number athletes who have participated in all of the previous Olympic Games — Summer and Winter — combined while publicly out.
‘I am a gay man and an Olympic champion’: Tom Daley takes gold in TokyoOne of the biggest upsets of the Games took place Monday afternoon as Great Britain diving pair Tom Daley and Matty Lee took gold in the men’s synchronized 10-meter platform, dashing the hopes of the favorites, Chinese pair Yuan Cao and Aisen Chen.
Cao and Chen are both gold medalists in the event and were widely expected to win, but they were beaten by the British pair by just 1.2 points after six almost perfect dives.
