Gender

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows number of women leading highest-ranking institutions has waned

There are very few outlets for women to work together against unhelpful concepts that hold back female progression in academia, says Elisabeth Julie Vargo

University of California, San Diego, rejects student-led petition to drop filmmaker from curriculum over sexual abuse allegations

Nottingham Trent University’s chair of governors Neil Goulden explains why institutions need to do more to regain public esteem

More liberal environments may encourage women to follow their interests, psychologists suggest

But growth in those completing postgraduate research degrees in physics appears have stalled, according to latest Hesa data

National Science Foundation requires universities to inform them if staff members receiving grant funding face sexual harassment allegations

Pontifical Bolivarian University told students not to ‘distract’ classmates and teachers with low necklines, short skirts or tight-fitting clothes

The ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor for the lack of women at senior levels of academia can demotivate those whose professional paths meander, says Aileen Fyfe

Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships and family around their ever-growing workloads. Ellie Bothwell reports

Taif University lifts consent rule for female students in wake of royal decree

Sexual misconduct is now being openly discussed, but universities still lack policies to safeguard staff from sexual violence in the workplace. This means victims remain afraid to speak out, says a female academic and rape survivor

The University of London’s Leading Women campaign is celebrating the pioneering women who joined the university 150 years ago, writes Philip Carter 

UEA expert dismisses the idea that rehearsal-room romances can serve artistic ends

University says George Holmes was ‘shocked’ by treatment of women at all-male event but did not witness any ‘assaults’

Lou Anna Simon steps down just hours after gymnastics physician was sentenced for sexually abusing young athletes 

Victims claim university’s negligence allowed sexual abuse to occur 

Programme aimed at empowering women, used in more than 35 universities, ‘unfit for an academic institution’

Anthropologist uses T-shirts and tweets to highlight under-representation of black women in academia

Milestone may be taken as evidence that gender equality in academia is improving, albeit slowly

‘Trained observers’ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe’s biggest highest education institutions say

Criticism of academic sisterhood survey gets to the crux of the matter that the resulting article will explore, says Holly Else

Special requests divert women from more productive activities, study warns

Bias in assessing submissions is inevitable and damaging. Anonymisation is the least bad solution, says Graham Farrell

Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science

Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting

Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ‘had not been taken seriously’ after reading sexist review of her work

Range of initiatives designed to help women unveiled

Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male

Rapid technological change means that higher education leavers will need to return during their career, says Tec Monterrey president

Figures also show that female teaching staff earned between 95 and 98 per cent of their male counterparts

Female advantage in education dubbed the ‘Martha Effect’ in Stellenbosch study

Male academics two and a half times more likely to speak up, as women cite lack of confidence and ‘intimidating’ speakers

The recent downfalls of Dame Glynis Breakwell and Grace Mugabe are very different stories, but both reveal some age-old traits, says Agnieszka Piotrowska

With women still under-represented at the top levels of research, some see the rise of more explicit ‘affirmative action’ on gender becoming more common

Accounts of discrimination in Hollywood show value of ‘lived experience’, says editor of new collection

Texas higher education commissioner expresses concern about male graduate and enrolment rates

Institutions that do not meet standards in areas such as gender may be ineligible for grants

Hypermasculine men may be more likely to take part in trials, misrepresenting the male population, scientists warn

Hollywood and Westminster have been rocked by tales of sexual assault and abuse. Is academia similarly plagued by misuse of power and sexual misconduct? Five scholars offer their views

Elizabeth Cannon on why Canada's HE sector still has some work to do to achieve true diversity, and how universities are approaching this problem

Effigy of Berkeley professor Judith Butler burned outside São Paulo conference

Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor

Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates

Four other women continue legal action against Irish university

Penn teaching assistant claims she is 'under attack' for calling on historically marginalised groups first

Kate Sang on how fear of embarrassment and perceived lack of professionalism are impacting academics' lives

Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected

Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks

How one Nobel winner instilled belief in Erika Mancini

UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at Times Higher Education forum

Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards

Greater efforts must be made to ensure women aren’t overlooked – and to redress past failings, says Janet Shibley Hyde

Despite their scientific achievements, women account for only 5% of Nobel prize-winners. It diminishes them – and the award, says John Gill

Figures from Education at a Glance show that only in Spain and Estonia can women expect a bigger financial return from university than men 

Many researchers also ‘harbour unrealistic expectations’ about academic careers

The whole Science and Technology Committee should be disbanded, and the process of establishing it restarted, says Dame Athene Donald

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows gender gap for top jobs has narrowed further

Researchers argue that national data provides a powerful call to action