Parenthood a key factor in Covid’s gender inequities

Pandemic impact on female publishing ‘smaller than thought’

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By Jack Grove

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Work-from-home scuppered ‘thinking time’ for female researchers

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A young woman lies in shallow water after slipping on a boating ramp in Beccles Quay as a metaphor for progress on gender parity in research ‘set back a year’ by Covid

Progress on gender parity in research ‘set back a year’ by Covid

Increase in proportion of women submitting preprints was reversed during lockdowns, particularly in Covid-related disciplines

By Anna McKie

23 August

Covid: working mums hit hard as v-cs demanded ‘business as usual’

Wide-ranging survey of mothers working in higher education reveals institutions’ inconsistent and often ineffective responses

By Anna McKie

10 June

Parenthood a key factor in Covid’s gender inequities

Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers

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Parenthood a key factor in Covid’s gender inequities

Point-in-time study quantifies pandemic’s differential impacts on academics with children – particularly mothers

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Pandemic impact on female publishing ‘smaller than thought’

Work-from-home scuppered ‘thinking time’ for female researchers

Progress on gender parity in research ‘set back a year’ by Covid

Covid: working mums hit hard as v-cs demanded ‘business as usual’

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