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O'Connor, Pat; O'Hagan, Clare; Myers, Eva Sophia; Baisner, Liv; Apostolov, Georgi; Topuzova, Irina; Saglamer, Gulsun; Tan, Mine G.; Caglayan, Hulya – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
This article is concerned with the source of men's invisible advantage in the male-dominated disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It is suggested that this advantage has been obscured by combining sponsorship and mentoring. The research asks: Are men or women most likely to be mentored? Is it possible to…
Descriptors: College Students, Males, Advantaged, STEM Education
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O'Connor, Pat; López, Estrella Montez; O' Hagan, Clare; Wolffram, Andrea; Aye, Manuela; Chizzola, Valentina; Mich, Ornella; Apostolov, Georgi; Topuzova, Irina; Saglamer, Gulsun; Tan, Mine G.; Çaglayan, Hulya – Critical Studies in Education, 2020
Excellence has become a 'hoorah' word which is widely used in higher education institutions to legitimate practices related to the recruitment/progression of staff. It can be seen as reflecting an institutionalised belief that such evaluative processes are unaffected by the social characteristics of those who work in them or their relationships…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
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O' Hagan, Clare; O'Connor, Pat; Myers, Eva Sophia; Baisner, Liv; Apostolov, Georgi; Topuzova, Irina; Saglamer, Gulsun; Tan, Mine G.; Çaglayan, Hülya – Critical Studies in Education, 2019
Academic capitalism is an outcome of the interplay between neoliberalism, globalisation, markets and universities. Universities have embraced the commercialisation of knowledge, technology transfer and research funding as well as introducing performance and audit practices. Academic capitalism has become internalised as a regulatory mechanism by…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism