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Guillemin, Marilys; Wong, Elaine; Such, Georgina – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2023
The under-representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines has been well documented. We discuss an affirmative action recruitment strategy from the University of Melbourne's STEM disciplines where only female applicants were eligible to apply for academic positions. This strategy has been very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Higher Education, Females
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Gail Crimmins; Elvessa Marshall; Gemma J. M. Read – Gender and Education, 2024
The paper examines a 'circulatory' system of gender inequity in Australian universities where gender bias prevents women from accessing senior decision-making roles and stultifies their capacity to act as gender change agents. It has been mooted that equity quotas for senior roles can derail this circuit of male privilege in academia. Yet a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Fairness, Universities, Gender Bias