UL best for gender balance
Live95am
University of Limerick has the highest percentage of women at professorial level of any Irish university.
Debate: Introducing tuition fees is discriminatory to students
Khrono
If tuition fees were introduced, international students would be the most vulnerable, writes newly acceeded ISU president, Eric Kimathi.
UK student fight for gender equality
United Nations Radio
The opportunity to deliver a speech in French on gender equality to the UN General Assembly has cemented a young British student's decision to push for more women's representation in UK politics.
Transparency and the Gender Pay Gap
Athene Donald's Blog
Universities are not exempt from the new requirement reporting on the gender pay gap, writes Athene Donald.
Women are less likely to study STEM subjects
LSE Blog
The gender divide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics study is more complicated than most researchers, policymakers, and practitioners previously thought, writes Natasha Codiroli Mcmaster.
Salk Institute under fire for ‘smear’ on women suing it for discrimination
Science
Alleging decades of gender discrimination, two senior female scientists last week sued the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Practise what you preach: Equality and diversity at NUI Galway
Silicon Republic
Dr Dara Stanley and Dr Jessamyn Fairfield sat down with Prof Anne Scott to discuss how gender equality issues can be prioritised at an institutional level.
Step by step, we're tackling gender equity in Australian astronomy
Phys.org
The number of women at the most senior levels in the Australian astronomical community remains low despite many positive steps in supporting gender equity.
A Feminist Institution with a 10% Gender Pay Gap?
The Orbital
A list of the ten highest gender pay gaps for full-time professors in the UK placed Royal Holloway at number seven, with an average of £7,735 difference in wages between men and women.
10% gender pay gap: stop victim-blaming, start bias proofing says UCU RHUL committee
The Orbital
The UCU Royal Holloway local branch committee welcomes Abbie Cheeseman’s article entitled A Feminist Institution with a 10% Gender Pay Gap?
Varsity students in gender equality bid
The Gulf Today
Students from Canadian University Dubai have begun a campaign which aims to highlight the need for women to support each other for gender equality.
Transgender student forced to strip in hazing ceremony
Pink News
A University in Salaya, Thailand, has launched a probe into senior students after they forced a freshman transgender student to strip in a hazing ceremony.
Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing
The Scholarly Kitchen
The American academic and cultural heritage communities are not keeping up with societal needs for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Pressemelding: Større viden om køn og ligestilling giver frie og kvalificerede uddannelsesvalg
Undervisningsministeriet
Rapport anbefaler større bevidsthed om køn og ligestilling.
Article: The Academic Conference as a Chilly Climate for Women (paywall)
Springer
Men’s perceptions of sexism predicted increased intentions to exit from that particular conference, but not from academia.
She May Be The Most Unstoppable Scientist In The World
National Public Radio (NPR)
Dauqan is a woman scientist in what's possibly the hardest place on Earth to be a woman: Yemen.