Women in higher education

The cultural yardsticks used to measure merit in STEM are warped with bias and often devalue women, people of colour and LGBTQ+ scientists with records equal to white heterosexual male peers. To fix STEM inequality, academia must reconceive merit

The No Club shares advice for women about how to spend their time at work, how to change the environment to stop saddling women with unrewarded work, and prioritise the tasks that get noticed

It’s up to individuals to notice who is not present on committees and up to institutions to ensure that all voices are represented and heard

Seven academics who recently navigated the topsy-turvy world of maternity leave make six recommendations for ensuring motherhood is compatible with academia

A year on from the OfS’ statement of expectations, it’s time to implement effective, evidence-based approaches to address harassment and sexual violence

Ellie Bothwell outlines recommendations from THE’s recent report on how universities around the world are performing on gender equality

The pandemic put a disproportionate strain on female academics, research suggests, so now universities need to take robust action to ensure these women do not lose out in tenure and promotion decisions, reducing future diversity

Jummy Okoya outlines actions higher education institutions should take to encourage more Black women into academia and support their career progression

Angeline Murimirwa outlines the steps necessary to support young women from marginalised communities in sub-Saharan Africa into and through higher education

Strategies to ensure that gains in gender equality work at universities are not lost when the individual staff members driving them move on