Pandemic impact on female publishing ‘smaller than thought’
Times Higher Education
In some countries, male researchers’ article output appears to have been more adversely affected, according to new study.
Science a key ally to tackle the multiple challenges we face
Horizon Magazine
Jean-Eric Paquet has been at the helm of the Horizon programme and DG Research and Innovation for the past four years.
Launch of the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions
European Commission
Today, the Commission launches the EU Award for Gender Equality Champions, a new prize.
Student evaluations show gender bias even in most equal country
Times Higher Education
Male students at university in Iceland tended to rate their female teachers lower than male counterparts in both teaching and course organisation.
People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate academia
The Washington Post
First-generation academics were always rare. Now they’re vanishing.
Equality scheme letter ‘crossed line’, universities tell Donelan
Times Higher Education
UUK letter to minister says it is ‘unclear what evidence is available’ to back claim that external schemes threaten free speech and requests meeting.
Recruitment reforms urged to curb French ‘moustache positions’
Times Higher Education
Parisian professor says hers is the first to appoint a selection committee by lot, an approach that should be taken up nationwide.
Donelan tells universities to consider leaving equality schemes
Times Higher Education
English institutions told to ‘reflect carefully’ on whether initiatives such as Race Equality Charter are in conflict with duty to uphold free speech.
Female researchers ‘much less likely to get authorship credit’
Times Higher Education
Lab-by-lab approach determining who gets credit and who doesn’t must be replaced by more comprehensive policies, researchers say.
Sharing new and innovative measures for structural change
GENDER-NET Plus
What kind of measures can be useful to improve gender balance in senior positions and research management in academia?
Are US universities driving inequality?
Times Higher Education
Once lauded as engines of social mobility, American universities are increasingly perceived as widening social and economic injustices.
Tackling campus sexual misconduct ‘needs actions, not just words’
Times Higher Education
Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters.
Social background as a challenge for doctoral education
EUA Council for Doctoral Education
In order to better support first-generation academics, it is important to deal with the particular hurdles that many of them face on their academic career path.
‘Glaring lack of diversity’ among public health journal editors
Female scholars grossly under-represented on editorial boards of public health and environmental science publications, says Cambridge-led study.
Scientists from minority groups are disadvantaged in STEM
Science
Interactions with work colleagues can be challenging for anyone to navigate. But they’re more difficult for some than others.
Editorial: Diversity in science prizes: why is progress so slow?
Nature
Many prize-givers still don’t publish details of nominations – a key step towards ensuring that awards are fair and unbiased.