Women participate less in bigger science classes, study finds

Want to get women to ask more questions at events? Talk about it

Study backs up earlier findings that women are less likely to ask questions at conferences, even when they are in majority – but that raising awareness of the issue can have a big impact

By Rachael Pells

28 June

The heat is on: female students perform better in warm exam rooms

Experiment that saw students take tests in temperatures ranging from 16ºC to 33ºC finds men appear to score highest in the cold

By Anna McKie

23 May

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

Male academics two and a half times more likely to speak up, as women cite lack of confidence and ‘intimidating’ speakers

By Rachael Pells

12 December

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

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#1 Submitted by jade9 on September 8, 2019 - 6:26am

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