China moves to smooth relations with African students
Times Higher Education
Videos showing minorities being targeted in Guangzhou’s coronavirus crackdown have caused a diplomatic row.
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Is student course evaluation actually useful?
Times Higher Education
Virtually all modern university courses end with a request for feedback. Seven academics discuss their experiences.
New Report of Athena SWAN Charter (UK)
Higher Education Authority
The report of the Athena SWAN Charter (UK) Independent Review Steering Group published this week.
We’re an academic couple juggling lecturing from home and childcare
Times Higher Education
Who will stay on top of the potty training, writes Theresa Mercer and Andrew Kythreotis.
Athena SWAN revamp urged as academics lose faith in awards
Times Higher Education
Independent steering group says new processes must stop penalising those it is supposed to help and restore confidence in the award.
Opinion: Positive discrimination is a net negative
Times Higher Education
Colleagues’ doubts about whether he deserved a prize make Senior lecturer Aymen Idris wish people did not see his achievement as tokenism.
Malaysia’s new leader urged to drive diversity and transparency
Times Higher Education
Experts call for new prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to separate universities from education portfolio and foster multiculturalism in senior HE levels.
Gender gap narrows in research and innovation but inequality persists
Elsevier
Elsevier’s latest global analysis reveals progress toward gender parity, but women still trail men in number of publications and citations.
Regendering science for a more inclusive research environment
European Commission
Success Stories: EU-funding is being used to support actions aimed at creating a more gender-balanced research culture in Europe.
Opinion: Female academics need to embrace competition
Times Higher Education
Removing biases in the system may not be enough to achieve a truly equal gender balance, says Sun Young Lee.
Canada found lacking in battling campus sexual assault
Times Higher Education
Years into the MeToo era, half of nation’s provinces lack campus-specific policy.
Study: Gender Inequality Persists in Science Careers and Publishing
Diverse
In any given year, the amount of published scientific research from women and men is about the same, but when examined over time, gender inequality persists.
‘Bridging’ funding between grants could help cut gender pay gap
Times Higher Education
Bristol deal also gives greater recognition to ‘good citizenship’ in promotion process and is seen as model for sector.
Male PhD graduates more likely to get permanent job
Times Higher Education
But study shows that difference in career prospects between men and women is considerably smaller within academia compared with other sectors.
The heroines STEM: Ten women in science you should know
CNN
Science is often considered a male-dominated field. In fact, according to United Nations data, less than 30% of scientific researchers worldwide are women.
In equalities work, gender is privileged over race
Times Higher Education
UK research funding and sector awards should be linked to institutions’ work under the Race Equality Charter, says Kalwant Bhopal.