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Bias still rife, say female scientists

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Women scientists in universities in the United Kingdom feel that they are at a disadvantage when it comes to salary, career development and promotional prospects, according to the results of a survey of over 2,000 engineers and scientists at universities across the UK conducted by the Athena Project, an initiative designed to advance the role of women in academic science. Of the respondents, almost half of female respondents felt that women were at a disadvantage when it came to promotion, however, only 16% of male respondents believed that women were at a disadvantage when it came to promotion.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Surveys, Women college teachers, Women college faculty

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Dispute is dead, but pain lives on

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Resentment lingers among those staff whose vice-chancellors took a hard line on docking of pay during the pay dispute. Northumbria University decided to dock 100 percent of wages of academics involved in the national pay dispute and refusing to mark exam papers before the examination board's deadline.

Economic aspects, Influence, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Labor disputes, Labour disputes

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Visting lecturers shout for fair deal

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A group of hourly-paid staff at the University of the West of England (UWE) are fighting management in the first non-union group of its kind. The group is threatening legal action over new contracts.

Legal issues & crime, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases

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