Gender

Mamokgethi Phakeng keen to engage with students’ concerns, but also wants to put academics back at the heart of the university

The biologist on how a box of tulip bulbs encouraged her to research plants and why women must expand their comfort zone 

Seventy-two per cent of women working in UK universities believe men are at an advantage when pursuing top jobs, Advance HE survey says

World-first study suggests scientific societies may offer an underappreciated avenue for female academics to burst through the glass ceiling

Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying, so default application system could be a solution, researcher suggests

Legal action should not be required to convince universities to do more to help expectant mothers graduate without delay, says John Kaag 

Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports

Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees

Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told

Calling on women and non-white people to speak first in class has a noble aim, but there are better alternatives, says James Kierstead

Data from THE’s World University Rankings underscore that many more women are studying some science subjects in the Mena region, but does this translate into employment?

King’s College London survey highlights time-consuming nature of flagship equality charter

Heather Widdows says ‘powder, paint, leather and heels’ have helped her to ‘unsettle and undermine the status quo’

Brunel University London vice-chancellor to examine flagship equality scheme used in UK, Ireland and Australia

The #MeToo movement has cast historical behaviour and curricula in a new, shadowy light. Four writers give us their perspectives

NUI Galway’s Athena SWAN award recognises ‘energetic and sustained’ efforts to improve

Concerns over increasing accounts of alleged sexual violence spark protests

US undergraduate gives presentation in underwear after lecturer questions ‘short shorts’

There are now more women than men in higher education worldwide. While it would appear to be a victory for gender equality, this imbalance also highlights boys’ educational underachievement. Ellie Bothwell reports

Women are less likely to become principal investigators than equally qualified male scientists, Yale University researchers claim

THE editorial staff and sector experts discuss the gender pay gap, female leaders and the first women allowed to sit university entrance exams in the UK

Schemes asking us to transform our workplaces in the name of equality, diversity and inclusivity are failing. It’s time to hold our institutions to account, says Rebecca Harrison

Thirty years on from the start of the push to get more girls into science, the sense of urgency and commitment is waning, says Karen Russ

If the legislative requirements to respond to gender pay gaps are perceived as weak, the moral imperative for universities to act is strong, argues Anthony Forster 

Female researchers remain comparatively scarce in publishing, with some fields to remain male-dominated for centuries

The inaugural provost of Hereford’s new engineering university on moving from Mexico’s industrial heartland to the UK’s Steel City and life as a gay woman in a male-dominated profession

Reporting regulations too ‘ambiguous’, allowing institutions to interpret them to their advantage, experts argue

Female chemists are more productive and successful in the job market if they have a female supervisor, analysis shows

The women’s rights lawyer on growing up in Bangladesh, meeting Mother Teresa and uniting against patriarchy 

Universities forced to act after case of Gao Yan, who killed herself after alleged rape in 1998, leads to national outcry

Members of the THE editorial team discuss the gaps in salaries among men and women in higher education 

Mean average pay gap across UK sector stands at 15.9 per cent, with 30 institutions reporting gaps in excess of 20 per cent

It smacks of affirmations like ‘if you believe it, you can achieve it’, but men’s academic swagger has a dark side

Women and their clothing are scrutinised more closely because men are seen as the norm in academia. Emma Rees considers the codes at play in what is supposedly a radical space

Stanford's Londa Schiebinger warns that failure to account for differing impact of interventions on men and women is costing lives

But male researchers with small children get a boost, study of academics at Italian university finds

Researcher says it is difficult to find portrayals of female scientists that focus on achievement

Six higher education institutions report so far that male pay is at least 20 per cent higher than female remuneration 

Female under-representation in spin-offs is likely to be attributable to the usual suspects: gender bias, lack of appropriate support and limited access to the right networks, says Simonetta Manfredi

Higher education institutions are well placed to develop solutions to harassment and assault, says University of Southern California provost

The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team

Does solidarity among female scholars exist only in the (male) mind? Are women really supportive of one another? And if so, how far does it go to redressing male advantage?

Female students at the Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Yogyakarta must stop wearing full-face veils if they wish to graduate, rector warns

Scholarship scheme set up from funds raised by the campaign aims to promote future generations of women in research

Half of vice-presidents at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology are now female

Female junior academics are also gaining research prestige, says study

Historic flying of Trans Pride flag at University College Cork follows similar commitment to equality by other Irish universities

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