All Diversity articles – Page 13
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NewsUS university diversity scheme to learn from UK experience
Initiative to be launched next month will support women in science and be broadened to race and beyond
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OpinionWhen Antarctica stopped being only for men
Toxic ideas about heroism blocked women’s access to science
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NewsParental pressures contribute to leaky pipeline in US
Survey suggests being a postdoc is ‘not compatible’ with becoming a parent
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OpinionWhy using initials devalues women in science
Are we masking role models by our choice of abbreviation?
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OpinionOur unconscious bias
Implicit biases are pervasive and unavoidable. But they can be changed.
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FeatureScience's problem with unconscious bias
Kit Chapman looks at how people are tackling the hidden biases holding sections of society back in pursuing a career in science
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CareersShould older academics be forced to retire?
Why some universities are requiring staff to step down
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NewsStudies flag signs of gender bias in peer review
Women appear to be underrepresented among reviewers and authors
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Careers'How pragmatic is it to be a blind scientist?’
Mona Minkara on not letting loss of vision end her science ambitions
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NewsCanada’s research universities under pressure to diversify
Only 30% of Canada Research Chairs are women and universities will see funding pulled if things don’t improve
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NewsWomen going for professor thwarted by female interviewers
Study finds female assessors on tenure committees less likely to appoint women than all-male panels
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NewsTrump aims to boost number of women in Stem
US president signs two bills to increase proportion of women in science, technology, engineering and maths, and calls for ‘crackdown on offshoring’
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NewsGlobal effort to help scientists trapped by Trump’s immigration order
Researchers from Europe and beyond offer temporary bench space and accommodation for colleagues denied US entry
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NewsWomen in science and engineering representation varies widely by field
Of nearly 23,000 US graduate students in chemistry in 2014, roughly 8200 were full-time female students, latest figures reveals
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NewsNo black senior managers at UK universities for third year in a row
2015–16 figures record zero black managers, directors or senior officials at UK universities
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NewsCall for UK government to address gender diversity ‘crisis’ in science
50,000 school age girls part ways with science and engineering every year, campaign group says
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NewsGender pay gap in science wider than national average
Science pay difference is only 3.8% less than the overall gap in 1997
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NewsWhy are some Stem fields more gender balanced?
Researchers review big differences in women’s participation in computer science, engineering and physics
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NewsWomen less likely to get top recommendation for postdoc posts
Data shows unconscious bias exists for both male and female reviewers in geoscience