Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, by Kate Manne
Times Higher Education
Emma Rees praises a lively yet forensic analysis of systemic misogyny.
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Call to create decolonisation role in each university department
Times Higher Education
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
Times Higher Education
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
Times Higher Education
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
Times Higher Education
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
Times Higher Education
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
Inside Higher Ed
Krishni Metivier provides a checklist of key actions that colleges and universities should take.
US campus reinstates bar on looking after children while working
Times Higher Education
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
Times Higher Education
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
Times Higher Education
Major data analysis of authorship patterns also finds gap is largest among youngest scholars.
California set to renew affirmative action in admissions
Times Higher Education
Lawmakers approve referendum on reversing 1996 ban, although with tempered expectations.
White academics told to support real change on race
Times Higher Education
Deborah Gabriel also calls for imposition of financial penalties on universities that fail to tackle pay gaps.
Pandemic lockdown holding back female academics, data show
Times Higher Education
But funding bodies look to alleviate career impact.
‘Direct intervention’ needed to up BAME postgrad representation
Times Higher Education
Briefing note from UKCGE shows drop-off in numbers at PhD level compared to undergraduate.