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Dutch universities struggle to hit female professor targets

Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male

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Dutch universities struggle to hit female professor targets

Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male

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Max Planck launches women-only recruitment drive

‘Bias’ blamed for dearth of female Nobel prizewinners

Researchers complain of bias against women and ethnic minorities

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