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Since October 1 2006 a new cycle of Athena activities has started, called ATHENA3.
The aim of ATHENA3 will be to further unite experts, scholars, teachers, and stakeholders from civil society and public institutions in the field of gender and diversity. ATHENA3 will continue to bring together international and interdisciplinary expertise in women’s and gender studies. The focus of ATHENA3 will be divided via two connected themes
(1) Gender, Culture and European Diversity, and
(2) Women, Access and European Citizenship.
In this third cycle, we hope to expand and consolidate our activities, expertise and outputs through targeted and structural integration in sustainable structures in three areas of output:
I. Curriculum development (resulting in innovative teaching material, new modules, co-taught classes and joint programmes, at BA, MA and doctoral levels, providing synergy with Marie Curie Training Networks);
II. Research on education (resulting in new evaluation tools, descriptors of field specific competencies for women’s and gender studies using the Tuning methodology, recommendations and collections of best practices for ICT in gender studies education, as well as surveys and databases for teaching material); and
III. Forging links between universities and civil society (resulting in a permanent professional platform; in databases and collections of printed and digital material available in women’s libraries that serve communities with information and LLL-projects).
The Athena coordination is in the hands of Utrecht University.
ATHENA hosts an active European network of students in Women’s Studies and feminism. This network concentrates on themes related to Women’s Studies today from both students’ and graduates’ perspectives. It is called Weave: www.weave-network.eu | 
