Male science students ‘ignore and belittle’ female classmates

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Laboratory note-taking burden ‘falls on female science students’

Women are given less time on equipment and more administrative duties than men in mixed gender laboratory groups, new research indicates

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‘Laddish behaviour’ forces university to abolish lectures

Academics report being heckled, undermined and interrupted in book that questions association of loutish conduct exclusively with alcohol and sports teams

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Women participate less in bigger science classes, study finds

Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures

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Smartest in class: male students ‘overestimate’ intelligence

It smacks of affirmations like ‘if you believe it, you can achieve it’, but men’s academic swagger has a dark side

By John Ross

5 April

Male science students ‘ignore and belittle’ female classmates

As many as half of women on STEM degrees report being victims of sexism, with universities’ response seen as falling short

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Male science students ‘ignore and belittle’ female classmates

As many as half of women on STEM degrees report being victims of sexism, with universities’ response seen as falling short

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Laboratory note-taking burden ‘falls on female science students’

‘Laddish behaviour’ forces university to abolish lectures

Women participate less in bigger science classes, study finds

Smartest in class: male students ‘overestimate’ intelligence

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