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The sexual harassment blueprint: Do universities set the toxic template for adult life?

The Metropolist

5 September 2016

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

13 August 2016

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

10 August 2016

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

10 August 2016

Book of the week: ‘Helicopters’ or ‘bystanders’? Your folks’ behaviour can govern more than grades, says Hazel Christie.

First university secular adviser seeks ‘robust debate’

Times Higher Education

27 July 2016

Westminster looks to new ways for students from 150 countries to explore their differences.

Women are too often actively sidelined against their will

Times Higher Education

19 July 2016

In academia, and more widely, women are too easily relegated to the ‘less competent than men’ category, writes Athene Donald.

How to tackle sexual harassment in Research and research organisations

GenPORT

18 July 2016

This policy brief provides evidence-based, concrete recommendations for national level policy makers and institutional science leaders.

Gender bias at UCC a concern for staff

10 July 2016

Just over half feel promotion process not transparent and fair, internal report finds

Theresa May: will she crush or renew hopes on overseas students?

Times Higher Education

10 July 2016

In Home Office and shadow education brief, Ms May has long history with higher education.

Gender gap remains stagnant at universities

10 July 2016

Women walk a "tightrope" to a successful university career, but many are falling short.

How to Keep More Girls in IT at Schools if We’re to Close the Gender Gap

Probono

10 July 2016

The world is increasingly embracing digital technology, and so too are our schools. But many girls are still missing out on developing IT and programming skills.

Why do women lead STEM dropouts?

9 July 2016

Women are fleeing the lab in larger numbers than men.

Supporting women in higher education leadership

7 July 2016

Although women now comprise 60% of graduates in the European Union, they continue to be under-represented in leadership roles in higher education and make up only a third of researchers across all sectors.

Who needs mentoring so more women lead universities?

7 July 2016

Given that women outnumber men as undergraduate and graduate students, we might expect to see increasing trends towards parity of women and men as university leaders. But we don’t.

Gender pay gap: keep the "pity payments"

Times Higher Education (THE)

14 June 2016

Giving female scholars one-off sums to compensate for the pay gap rewards biology rather than merit, argues Joanna Williams.

Ethnic minority students less satisfied with university experience

Times Higher Education (THE)

7 June 2016

BME learners rate teaching less positively and may lose out by living at home, Hepi-HEA survey finds.

The sexual harassment blueprint: Do universities set the toxic template for adult life?

Growing evidence of anti-female bias in student surveys

Can UK learn from US on tackling sexual assault on campus?

Parenting to a Degree: How Family Matters for College Women’s Success

First university secular adviser seeks ‘robust debate’

Women are too often actively sidelined against their will

How to tackle sexual harassment in Research and research organisations

Gender bias at UCC a concern for staff

Theresa May: will she crush or renew hopes on overseas students?

Gender gap remains stagnant at universities

How to Keep More Girls in IT at Schools if We’re to Close the Gender Gap

Why do women lead STEM dropouts?

Supporting women in higher education leadership

Who needs mentoring so more women lead universities?

Gender pay gap: keep the "pity payments"

Ethnic minority students less satisfied with university experience

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