Recruiters at top firms have been found to favour posher candidates. But research shows Yorkshire accents are perceived as the most intelligent.
Articles on Equality
Displaying 161 - 180 of 192 articles
One of the great issues of our day is inequality. Whether it is the Greek debt crisis, anxieties about Sydney real estate prices, the continuing resonance of “Occupy” and cries about the “1%”, or the publishing…
Five years of Coalition government later, it is clear that the poorest have paid most dearly as a result of various tax and benefit changes.
Holyrood is far better at female representation than Westminster. Here are some reasons for the difference.
Hard hitting questions were promised but Channel 4 show ended up missing the mark.
Multi-millionaire Adam Afriyie think he’s worth a lot more than you pay him.
Universities have a long way to go before they become exemplars of ethnic equality and diversity. That’s the thrust of a new report published by race equality think-tank, the Runnymede Trust. As David…
For a cultural benchmark of our nation’s best and brightest, there’s something wrong with the BBC show University Challenge. If you tuned in over the festive period for the seasonal special final, you…
To have a healthy democracy, it is not enough to hold regular elections, or for every person to get one – and only one – vote. At the heart of democracy is the idea that by voting for a particular party…
“Make sure you play fairly,” often say parents to their kids. In fact, children do not need encouragement to be fair, it is a unique feature of human social life, which emerges in childhood. When given…
Recent figures suggest there are around 800,000 people in the UK with dementia. People usually associate the condition with later life, but around 17,000 of people with the condition are under the age…
Over five weeks, 815m Indians will have the opportunity to choose a new government many hope will tackle inequality and corruption and lead the country to greater prosperity. The choice is ostensibly between…
Immigrant students and those from poor backgrounds living in developed countries are being failed by the school system and face a high risk of marginalisation, according to a UNESCO report. Data from the…
When it comes to gender transitions, trans patients are often inappropriately held to higher account when compared to people opting for other kinds of medical care. Standards of care are effectively constructed…
Welcome to the The Conversation’s Election 2013 State of the Nation essays. These articles by leading experts in their field provide an in-depth look at the key policy challenges affecting Australia as…
The recent Ethnic Business Awards were a celebration of entrepreneurship, pioneering and determination and above all the immense contribution that our migrant population has made to a better Australia…
FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: We continue our series on the rise of online and blended learning and how free online courses are set to transform the higher education sector. Today, Tim Pitman writes on who…
Imagine a field of wheat which has been watered unequally. Some parts will grow to their potential, but some won’t. In the end, it’s bad for the whole field’s productivity. Economist James Galbraith’s…
In part 11 of the multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Danielle Logue and Mel Dunn note the striking absence of male voices in discussions of women’s empowerment, despite it being fundamental…
Gender equality and female empowerment are development buzz words with bite. And with good reason. Researchers have shown gender inequality in education reduces economic growth and women are typically…
Top contributors
-
Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
-
Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape
-
Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Birmingham
-
Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
-
Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Professor of Law, University of Waikato
-
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
-
Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London
-
Co-Director of the ESRC Centre on Digital Futures at Work, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
-
PhD Researcher (Conceptual History of Meritocracy), University of Nottingham
-
Senior Lecturer, Durham University
-
Director, Centre for Sustainable Communities, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
-
Professor in International Social Policy, University of Southampton
-
Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg