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Diverse Experiences of Women Leading in Higher Education: Locating Networks and Agency for Leadership within a University Context in Papua New Guinea
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McNae, Rachel; Vali, Kerren – Gender and Education, 2015
The ways in which women deliberately press back against practices of oppression and demonstrate agency in higher education institutions are highly contextual and culturally bound. The formal and informal networks that women develop and maintain are important elements of generating agency and enhancing women's access to and opportunities for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Leadership, Experience
Executive Power and Scaled-Up Gender Subtexts in Australian Entrepreneurial Universities
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Blackmore, Jill; Sawers, Naarah – Gender and Education, 2015
Deputy Vice Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor positions have proliferated in response to the global, corporatised university landscape [Scott, G., S. Bell, H. Coates, and L. Grebennikov. 2010. "Australian Higher Education Leaders in Times of Change: The Role of Pro Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice Chancellor." "Journal of Higher…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Commercialization, Educational Change
Retaining a Foothold on the Slippery Paths of Academia: University Women, Indirect Discrimination, and the Academic Marketplace
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Wilson, Jacqueline Z.; Marks, Genee; Noone, Lynne; Hamilton-Mackenzie, Jennifer – Gender and Education, 2010
This paper examines indirect discrimination in Australian universities that tends to obstruct and delay women's academic careers. The topic is defined and contextualised via a 1998 speech by the Australian Human Rights Commission's Sex Discrimination Commissioner, juxtaposed with a brief contemporaneous exemplar. The paper discusses the prevalence…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Discrimination, College Faculty, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
"Man Enough to Do It"? Girls and Non-Traditional Subjects in Lower Secondary Education
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Smyth, Emer; Darmody, Merike – Gender and Education, 2009
This article examines the processes influencing the choice of non-traditional subjects by girls in lower secondary education in the Republic of Ireland. In particular, we focus on the traditionally "male" craft technological subjects, namely Materials Technology (Wood), Metalwork and Technical Graphics. Analyses are based on detailed…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities