Affiliation bias in peer review favours male authors – study
Times Higher Education
Male academics assessed more highly if they work at a top-ranked university but same bias does not materialise for female scholars.
National Institutes of Health axes 75 grants over harassment
Times Higher Education
Tally of cases since 2018 largely stems from anonymous hotline and mostly involves sexual misconduct.
Asia Summit: ‘penalty systems’ and ‘male allies’ address gender gap
Times Higher Education
Covid has only widened gender inequalities among researchers, data show.
Women of Ideas: Interviews from Philosophy Bites
Times Higher Education
Rebecca Buxton is thrilled by a rich and accessible collection that challenges the age-old assumption of male-dominated philosophy.
Virginia Military Institute found to harbour deep racism
Times Higher Education
Love for Confederacy permeates oldest state-funded military college in the US, investigation concludes.
Gender pay gap ‘starts in student wage expectations’
Times Higher Education
Study of Swiss students finds men and women overestimate their graduate earnings, but men do it more significantly.
Professor accused of aiding sexually abusive PhD student
Times Higher Education
Attacker got help with doctoral degree while victim was told to find new career, she claims.
The winners of the ODA Awards 2021
ODA-Nettverk
ODA-Nettverk annually selects Norway’s leading role models for gender equality in the technology industry.
National Academy of Sciences votes in new class with gender equity
Times Higher Education
Women gain milestone at prestigious science body although racial divide remains wide.
Gender parity in astronomy ‘impossible without intervention’
Times Higher Education
Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on making the ‘disordered cosmos’ add up
Times Higher Education
‘The first Black woman on the tenure track in theoretical cosmology’ tells Matthew Reisz about her struggles.
Most diversity work is not working and students are paying the price
Times Higher Education
Drawing on her experiences all the way from Iran to California, Pardis Mahdavi explains how we can and must do better.
Women must not be obscured in science’s history
Nature
The literature has failed to acknowledge many female researchers, especially those from marginalized backgrounds.
More female leaders would benefit both universities and societies
Times Higher Education
Progress is being made but much still could and should to be done to boost women’s advancement, says Helen Bartlett.
Gender publication gap ‘largely explained’ by childcare burden
Times Higher Education
Data from study pinpoints first years after childbirth as biggest hit to women’s research productivity.
Women in science are making a difference during the pandemic
UN Women
This 11 February, we’re celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting just some of the women.