As long as men can score points for producing mountains of output,women will never accumulate a fair shot at academic promotion
The proportion of female professors in UK universities is too low. The same can be said of women in any full-time, permanent academic position within higher education. This may come as a surprise to many, or given that we are talking approximately a profession rhetorically committed to equality,fairness and opportunity for all. Don’t believe the hype. There is a fundamental mismatch between the declared aims of universities as employers and the HR practices that they implement. The official message is that the figures need to change, that the balance needs to be redressed, and that the culture needs to shift. In practice,that message is distorted by recruitment, retention and promotion procedures that entrench the status quo.
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Source: theguardian.com