Grant reviewers ‘biased’ against female scientists, study finds

Men ‘much more likely to ask questions in seminars’ than women

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Max Planck launches women-only recruitment drive

With women still under-represented at the top levels of research, some see the rise of more explicit ‘affirmative action’ on gender becoming more common

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Athena SWAN funding link under scrutiny in discrimination row

Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected

By Ellie Bothwell

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‘Bias’ blamed for dearth of female Nobel prizewinners

Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards

By Jack Grove

28 September

Grant reviewers ‘biased’ against female scientists, study finds

Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science

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Grant reviewers ‘biased’ against female scientists, study finds

Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science

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Men ‘much more likely to ask questions in seminars’ than women

Max Planck launches women-only recruitment drive

Athena SWAN funding link under scrutiny in discrimination row

‘Bias’ blamed for dearth of female Nobel prizewinners

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Université Laval

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