Men leave low-status academy to women
The declining social and economic status of academics, combined with increasing regulation, may be to blame for falling numbers of male lecturers, although this could be opening opportunities for...
The declining social and economic status of academics, combined with increasing regulation, may be to blame for falling numbers of male lecturers, although this could be opening opportunities for...
Equal opportunities and fairness for all staff will be boosted by a £250,000 research programme by the funding councils, write Alison Goddard and Olga Wojtas. The programme aims to "lead to...
Report says men, not women, are now the more disadvantaged in higher education. Melanie Newman reports
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at Lancaster University has appointed Michael Kraetke as its director. Currently professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam, Professor...
Jo Carby-Hall, a professor in the politics department at the University of Hull, has been awarded a Polish state honour for his report, "The Treatment of Polish and Other A8 Economic Migrants in the...
Women are winning their struggle for promotion in UK universities as men turn their backs on a lecturing career, new figures suggest. The latest staffing figures from the Higher Education Statistics...
Women outnumber men on campus on both sides of the Atlantic. Is such an imbalance a threat to diversity and, if so, is affirmative action the answer? UK academics do not lose sleep over a gender gap...