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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
Age and performance ‘fail to explain’ gender pay gap
Times Higher Education
New Zealand analysis of ‘globally unique’ dataset repudiates common justifications for earnings disparities.
Breaking the silence about the menopause
Times Higher Education
Like the rest of society, universities have largely failed to consider the specific needs of menopausal women, describes one scholar.
'Guys ask for more money': why female-led startups underperform
The Guardian
Male culture and lack of role models are stopping female academics from launching companies based on their research.
Leadership training ‘benefits universities, not minority staff’
Times Higher Education
Effectiveness of courses aimed at improving diversity in leadership called into question by interviews with ethnic minority staff.