UK v-cs ‘should take lead on tackling racial harassment’
Times Higher Education
Universities UK guidance says institutions must introduce training on concepts such as white privilege.
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Huge increase in international students doing their PhD in Norway
ScienceNorway
Half of them leave when they are done.
Gay men 'less likely' to have degree in science, tech, engineering or maths
The Guardian
Sexual orientation gap for men larger than gap between white and black men, study shows.
Elite universities urged to investigate graduate gender pay gap
Times Higher Education
Figures suggest that graduates of UK’s highly selective institutions and specialists have widest differences in pay.
Report reveals ‘survival’ techniques used by women in Korean HE
Times Higher Education
Female academics, especially mothers, face the double challenge of patriarchy and neoliberal management.
Male-only programmes at four in 10 Indian scientific conferences
Times Higher Education
Organisers refused to engage with the problem, or offered a series of stock excuses, say campaigners.
Virginia Military Institute chief quits amid racism probe
Times Higher Education
Oldest state-funded military college has history of venerating Confederacy.
Men should not become the explicit standard in reference-writing
Times Higher Education
Tackling bias by urging writers to avoid stereotypically female descriptors undervalues qualities such as cooperation and care.
Change male academics to create gender parity
Times Higher Education
Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been ‘strangely silent’ about masculinity in academia.
Abusive male interviewers undermine universities’ gender equality efforts
Times Higher Education
Civilised adults should not have to demonstrate that they can stand up to bullying before being offered a job.
Nobel Prize Winners
Forbes
The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded 119 years ago, and for the first time in its history, two women won without having to share the prize with a man.
Well-being concern over mothers’ caring burden during lockdown
Times Higher Education
Women’s Higher Education Network urges universities to radically revise their attitudes to deadlines, career development and promotion.
Europe expected to tie research funding to gender equality action
Times Higher Education
Participation in Athena SWAN-style initiative mooted as probable requirement for Horizon Europe grants.
Funder got just five large grant bids from female PIs in 12 years
Times Higher Education
Success rate by award value also consistently lower for women, EPSRC report finds.
Universities are failing to address racism on campus
Times Higher Education
Students who face discrimination often do not know where to turn and are seldom impressed by the support they get.
Open letter on the Covid-19 pandemic
European Platform of Women Scientists
Corona Crisis: Impact on junior and women mathematicians, writes European Women in Mathematics (EWM).