Universities ‘complicit’ in racism and sexism, says Cape Town v-c
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Mamokgethi Phakeng says universities often ‘part of the machine’ that perpetuates white privilege and exploitation of Global South.
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Leadership qualities do not have a gender
Times Higher Education
Obliging women to adopt ‘male’ characteristics is not just unfair – it also impoverishes university management, says Corinne Houart.
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, by Kate Manne
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Emma Rees praises a lively yet forensic analysis of systemic misogyny.
Call to create decolonisation role in each university department
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Hepi report says universities need to move past the idea that decolonisation is merely an equality and diversity issue.
Finding the right formula for feminism
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The Chicago-based British mathematician tells Matthew Reisz why similar out-of-the-box thinking is required to improve gender equality.
Germany moves to scrap committee gender parity quotas
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Too-high targets overburden female academics with administrative work and hold back their careers, research foundation concludes .
Boys more likely to apply to elite institutions, research finds
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Study also shows that the most advantaged teenagers are more likely to apply to Oxford or Cambridge than the least advantaged.
Refugee academics feel ‘patronised’ over status
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Some scholars who have fled to Europe worry others see them more as refugees than as experts.
21 entrepreneurs are through to the final
European Commission
Twenty-one of the most talented and inspiring women entrepreneurs in Europe and beyond are in the shortlist for the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2020.
Opinion: Envisioning Higher Education as Antiracist
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Krishni Metivier provides a checklist of key actions that colleges and universities should take.
US campus reinstates bar on looking after children while working
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Florida State University’s move triggers concern about impact on female employees, as coronavirus continues to spread.
Ethnic minority academics less likely to win UK research grants
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But data from UKRI show that fellowship success rates for women and BAME researchers are now higher than men and white academics.
Opinion: The new ERA must do more for gender equality
EURACTIV
As we slowly emerge from the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, one thing is clear – it has brought to the front various aspects of gender equality issues, writes Marcela Linkova.
Most male scientists collaborate only with men – Polish study
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Major data analysis of authorship patterns also finds gap is largest among youngest scholars.
California set to renew affirmative action in admissions
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Lawmakers approve referendum on reversing 1996 ban, although with tempered expectations.
White academics told to support real change on race
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Deborah Gabriel also calls for imposition of financial penalties on universities that fail to tackle pay gaps.