GENDER-NET Synthesis report
gender-net.eu
New European report on gender balance in academia.
Different paths to gender equality in Nordic academia
Genus.se
The higher the level in the academic hierarchy, the fewer the women. Several campaigns to increase the gender equality in academia are now underway.
Young, talented and fed-up: scientists tell their stories
Nature
Scientists starting labs say that they are under historically high pressure to publish, secure funding and earn permanent positions — leaving precious little time for actual research.
Pakistan’s women-only universities are 'progressive' spaces
Times Higher Education
Co-author of a major UK study of female advancement at Pakistan’s universities recounts positive experience of such institutions.
Hopes that Students at risk can be made permanent
Khrono
The Students at Risk program is still in a pilot stage. Rector at the University of Oslo, Ole Petter Ottersen, hopes that this program can be made permanent.
Two new Nordic Centres of Excellence to solve the Nordic Gender Paradox
NordForsk
NordForsk has awarded NOK 41.8 million for two Nordic Centres of Excellence (NCoEs) under the programme Solving the Gender Paradox.
Keep funding resarch/action on gender equality in science in Horizon 2020!
Change.org
Keep Funding Gender Equality.
The diverse spectrum of diversity
Times Higher Education
From decolonising curricula to ensuring right-wing viewpoints, calls for more representation and balance on campuses do not all share the same goals, says Tom Cutterham.
Male students most hurt by 'sophomore slump'
Times Higher Education
Large-scale quantitative analysis of university grades confirms the existence of slump in second-year marks first observed in the 1950s.
More than half of graduates are women
Statistics Norway
Most graduates from bachelor and master’s degree programmes are women in Norway and in most OECD countries. In a majority of OECD countries, more men than women hold a doctoral degree.
EU Prize for Women Innovators 2017
European Commission
The 2017 EU Prize for Women Innovators is now open!
New professor at the Stockholm School of Economics
Stockholm School of Economics
Anna Dreber Almenberg becomes the first female professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.
The sexual harassment blueprint: Do universities set the toxic template for adult life?
The Metropolist
For some young women, as the academic year starts, September may bring fear. The fear of possible sexual harassment from their peers or their professors.
Growing evidence of anti-female bias in student surveys
Times Higher Education
Dutch researchers find female academics 11 per cent less likely to hit promotion threshold in course evaluations.
Can UK learn from US on tackling sexual assault on campus?
Times Higher Education
A lawyer and a clinical psychologist in the US explain how America’s universities are becoming more ‘trauma-informed’.
Parenting to a Degree: How Family Matters for College Women’s Success
Times Higher Education
Book of the week: ‘Helicopters’ or ‘bystanders’? Your folks’ behaviour can govern more than grades, says Hazel Christie.