Ambitious female scientists leave Japan to escape ‘male domination’ Women find cultural attitudes impede their career advancement, says university leader By Jack Grove 9 October
‘Girlification’ of engineering has failed, says expert Head of project to increase female numbers attacks ‘patronising’ marketing tactics By Chris Havergal 5 October
And the awards go to...men Quotas suggested as women’s success rate for Royal Society fellowships falls By Holly Else 2 October
Success rate for women on Royal Society fellowship tumbles A research funder has seen success rates for women applying to one of its fellowships plummet by more than 30 per cent since 2010 By Holly Else 25 September
Industry backs women-only ad in Switzerland Business sponsorship ‘enables’ gender-specific recruitment at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne By Holly Else 4 September
Low publication output for female scientists Analysis suggests that male physicists and mathematicians author nearly 50 per cent more papers than female colleagues By Paul Jump 21 August
Gender tenure gap ‘significant’ in some subjects, finds US study By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed 18 August
It’s not raining men in my lab Researcher at University of Montreal laments the difficulty of recruiting male scientists to her all-female unit By Paul Jump 17 July
Prizewinners’ labs ‘least likely to hire women’ Women are greatly underrepresented in the laboratories of the highest-achieving male biology professors in the US, a study has revealed. By Chris Parr 1 July
Quotas call for female vice-chancellors Study proposes code of practice for recruitment firms to help address inequality By Chris Parr 15 May
Women in STEM campaign aims to bridge gender gap The government has launched a campaign to attract more women into careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. By Paul Jump 8 May
Female professors less likely to have children Australian survey suggests women pay a higher career penalty when they become parents By Jack Grove 8 May
Huge inequality in maternity pay across sector Poor levels of financial support will ‘force women to return to work too quickly’ By Jack Grove 8 May
Athena SWAN review highlights scheme’s benefits The Athena SWAN charter does advance gender equality in university departments that sign up to it, according to an independent review of the scheme. By Holly Else 2 May
Women in STEM ‘sole focus’ of gender imbalance debate More men must be encouraged into female-dominated areas such as nursing and teaching, says Ucas chief By David Matthews 24 April
Bryn Mawr’s labs ‘built for women’ only one part of winning formula College’s output of female scientists has the caught the attention of the White House By Chris Parr 17 April
Athena SWAN extended to research institutes Six publicly funded research institutes have won Athena SWAN awards for promoting good employment practices for women in science. By Holly Else 3 April
Research councils may tie funding to diversity accreditation Scepticism that proposal to encourage diversity could effectively regulate sector By Holly Else 20 March
A reading room of one’s own New space at the LSE for The Women’s Library is the first chapter in exploiting a vast resource By Matthew Reisz 13 March
Women trail men in securing research council grants Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates By Holly Else 13 March
Murray Edwards alumnae highlight challenges for women ‘Gender-hostile’ work environments still high on list of problems By Matthew Reisz 7 March
Governance gender gap still yawning Audit finds lack of women on university boards affects female v-c numbers By Jack Grove 5 December
Gender complaints: a third of women perceive unfair treatment Almost one in three senior female academics feels their institution treats staff unfairly in relation to gender, a survey has found By Elizabeth Gibney 12 September
Why are there so few female vice-chancellors? How long before search committees stop assuming that the right man for the top university job is a man? 22 August
