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March 7, 2021

No change at the top for university leaders as men outnumber women 3 to 1

International Women’s Day is a time to take stock of what has been achieved and what remains to be done. 2020 was a massive missed opportunity to improve gender equity among university leaders.

February 22, 2021

COVID hit casual academics hard. Here are 5 ways to produce a better deal for unis and staff

Elizabeth Baré, The University of Melbourne; Ian Marshman, The University of Melbourne; Janet Beard, The University of Melbourne, and Teresa Tjia, The University of Melbourne

Universities have legitimate reasons for employing some staff on casual contracts, but the impacts of the COVID pandemic have brought long-standing problems to a head. Now is the time to act on these.

October 26, 2020

Wage theft and casual work are built into university business models

Damien Cahill, University of Sydney

More than a dozen Australian universities have been publicly accused of underpaying staff. Some have paid millions in backpay after audits. And a big factor in wage theft is the rise of casualisation.

Teaching-focused academics are often considered to be “lesser” academics. Shutterstock

October 30, 2017

Higher education cuts will be felt in the classroom, not the lab

Michael Whelan, Southern Cross University

Cultural bias against teaching-only academics will see them get the axe in funding cuts to higher education.

August 21, 2017

Google memo completely misses how implicit biases harm women

E. Anne York, Meredith College

Even after years of federal and state laws making discrimination illegal, implicit bias still leads to actual economic harm for women.

Producing brilliant graduates is one thing – developing and nurturing those who want to remain in academia is quite another. Jason Reed/Reuters

November 11, 2015

Universities must rethink how they retain and nurture young academics

Kershree Padayachee, University of the Witwatersrand

Universities in South Africa have tried to “grow their own timber” in a bid to diversify staff bodies. These programs haven’t been wildly successful. Why, and what can be done differently?

How much do hiring decisions in academia factor in the gender of the applicant? Files image via www.shutterstock.com.

October 21, 2015

Women preferred for STEM professorships – as long as they’re equal to or better than male candidates

Stephen J Ceci, Cornell University and Wendy M Williams, Cornell University

Previous research found a preference in academia for hiring stellar female candidates over stellar male candidates for STEM jobs. A new study investigated what happens if applicants aren’t as evenly matched.

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