When suffragists kicked open the lab door
Nature
Elizabeth Bruton lauds a book tracing how women in wartime science blazed a path to the vote and beyond.
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Flying start for research on gender balance in academia
Institute for Social Research
NORDICORE has started off its first year exploring its overall ambition: solving the gender equality paradox in academia.
Tackling Diversity in Scholarly Communications
The Scholarly Kitchen
Researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America answer the question, “How do we increase diversity in scholarly communications?”
As a young academic, I was repeatedly sexually harassed at conferences
Higher Education Network
Early in my career, older men I looked up to took advantage of their power to make sexual advances. But I never talked about it.
How can we improve the gender balance in academia?
NordForsk
During a recent Nordic conference in Oslo we met two well-known voices in the gender equality debate with strong opinions about what needs be done.
We will fight racial and sexual harassment
Khrono
We need our university to be characterized by trust rather than fear, writes rector of the University of Oslo, Svein Stølen.
Can Canada bring more indigenous people and knowledge into universities?
Times Higher Education
Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions.
Three Cheers for Ada Lovelace Day!
The Scholarly Kitchen
Hands up if you’ve heard of Ada Lovelace! If you have, chances are it’s because of the efforts of Suw Charman-Anderson.
Publication: Gender in/and the Neoliberal University
Gender Online
This scholarship deals with the various manifestations and implications of what can be collectively termed ‘the neoliberal university’.
A cold case
Science
Years ago, two women allege, their team leader sexually harassed them in Antarctica. Now they are taking action.
Academics Anonymous: I can't get a full-time academic contract
The Guardian
I’ve done the peer-reviewed research and received mentoring from top academics. Is it my gender, my age or my class stopping me getting a job?
First international women’s conference
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
Queen Margaret University has teamed up with the WomenBeing Project to host the first international women’s conference on the University campus.
Women-only Cambridge college to allow students who simply 'identify as female' for first time
Telegraph
A women-only Cambridge University college has changed its policy to allow any students who "identify" as female to apply.
Approves installation of new gender-neutral bathrooms
Limerick Leader
Equality campaigners have welcomed confirmation that the University of Limerick is to add a dozen gender-neutral bathrooms to its campus in the near future.
Why we're adding Black Mathematician Month to our calendars
The Guardian
It’s time to start promoting black mathematicians and talking about building a more representative mathematical community.
Professor Jim Pratley puts spotlight on gender equality in agriculture
The Daily Advertiser
Women are making a serious mark on agriculture.