Gender

Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds

Study backs up earlier findings that women are less likely to ask questions at conferences, even when they are in majority – but that raising awareness of the issue can have a big impact

Survey finds that almost a fifth of LGBT+ researchers in the physical sciences have personally experienced harassment or other exclusionary behaviour

Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership

Jessica Wade tells THE summit that younger institutions can create better equality policies from scratch

Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment

Projects for tackling gender equality in Indian higher education must be extended to the whole system, says Antara Sengupta

Academics call for development of clear policies on misconduct, and lifetime bans for offenders

Judge says that salaries paid to Catherine Freyd’s colleagues reflect departmental roles and retention raises

Australian university agrees to ‘further change’ at residential colleges

The adoption of an Athena SWAN-style initiative is undermined by a failure to meaningfully consult Indigenous Peoples, say Karen Lawford and Jamie Lundine

Experiment that saw students take tests in temperatures ranging from 16ºC to 33ºC finds men appear to score highest in the cold

The new president of the Royal Economic Society on the need for economists to be more engaging and why being a woman is an advantage in the field

More needs to be done to encourage women into technology and engineering at school, say observers

New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ‘scientific sabotage’ in Dutch universities – with women particularly affected

University promises study of how former vice-provost’s behaviour persisted for so long

Experts debate merits of approaches including across-the-board rises for women and the longer, harder challenge of changing cultures

Emma Rees celebrates a new generation of online feminist campaigners

New policy would allow for removal of members following two-thirds vote of governing council

At the University of Iceland, female students outnumber men by two to one. But among professors, the ratio is the reverse

Request a Woman Scientist holds the details of more than 8,000 experts, but journalists and event organisers are still relying on old sources who are male and pale, group leader warns

The world’s most gender equal universities, according to THE data, cite data-informed recruitment methods as a key factor in their success

Emma Dabiri’s research uncovers the ways that our immediate reactions to people are still underpinned by the ideologies of ‘scientific racism’

Current remedies are not enough. Publishers, editors and referees must do more to eliminate lurking biases, say Melinda Duer and Athene Donald

Bias would be reduced if grant applicants’ capabilities were considered only after assessment of their anonymised proposals, says David Sanders

With public angered by bid to boost accused, Republicans take to sidelines

The Turner prizewinning artist on being part of the UK’s Black Art movement and promoting the contributions of women

Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests

The Open University cancels prison reform conference after pressure from militant feminist groups over organiser’s advice on transgender prisoners

Lucy Cavendish College to go co-educational and abolish its minimum entry age of 21

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows no progress in number of women leading highest-ranked institutions

On International Women’s Day, Jocalyn Clark and Imogen Coe ask why universities have been so slow to adopt meaningful change to improve gender representation

Male voices are over-represented in our pages. We know that we have more to do to better reflect all those in the sector, but we need women’s help

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond

Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says

US study suggests hiring panels may offer worse terms to female scientists seeking jobs at their partner’s institution than to equally qualified solo candidates

Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as ‘the most popular voice of women’s liberation’ in the UK

Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds

Self-perceived levels of impostor syndrome in women remain equally high among senior academics, study finds

Gradings influenced more by sex and ethnicity than teachers’ experience

Switching to a six-point scale in surveys eliminates perceived gap in teaching performance, study finds

Jordanian molecular biologist Rana Dajani talks to Matthew Reisz about her multiple roles as a conspicuously successful feminist, hijab-wearing scientist in the Middle East

Matthew Reisz describes talking to Jordanian molecular biologist Rana Dajani about body image, the West’s view of the East and breaking into science’s big league

Four institutions to pilot online module next year

Cambridge economist uses nudity to make the case against the UK leaving the European Union and for ‘my body, my choice’

Unsupportive senior staff and ‘unjust’ promotion practices are major problems reported by black female professors, says equity researcher

Dressing ‘sexy’ can negatively influence perceptions of competence, effort and performance, finds new study

Recruiter and ex-Sussex chair Simon Fanshawe aims to tackle biases around gender, ethnicity and university background

Study’s authors suggest women are better able to communicate the value of science to score public donations

Analysis of awards in biology and biomedical sciences between 1968 and 2017 suggests women increasingly likely to win prizes for ‘service’ over research

Portland State University says Peter Boghossian’s attack on academic explorations of race and gender failed to get ethics approval

Having more women on appointment committees has dramatically cut the number of female academics getting hired, according to analysis

Men’s magazine expresses contrition over slur against female students

Document circulated at annual conference of American Historical Association

However, latest data from EU suggests eastern European nations having more success in keeping gap narrow

University of Helsinki pilots aimed at eradicating unconscious bias in hiring decisions

Unfamiliarity with opposite sex may harm academic results when mixed-gender cooperation required, says study

Work published by women is more widely read by undergraduate and master’s students and by junior researchers than articles written by men

‘Proactive’ female recruitment drive closes staff gender gap, but fails to keep pace with enrolments

Fifteen institutions secure bronze accreditation as Athena SWAN heads south