How I learned that preserving the male status quo was leaders’ real task

Team of lady acrobats practise on a lawn to illustrate Irish universities’ gender rebalance may not persist

Irish university leadership’s gender rebalance may not persist

Senior management may be responding to national requirements, but fundamental, sustainable change needs more work, says Pat O’Connor

By Pat O’Connor

23 May

Male busts in Long Room of the Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin

Ireland’s once all-male sector leadership nears gender equality

Minister behind gender equality plan reflects on influx of female university presidents ahead of Trinity College Dublin’s provost election

By Jack Grove

26 March

Ireland’s small steps for womankind are unlikely to trigger a giant leap

Female-only professorships will speed progress to gender equality in the academy, but the pushback shows how far there still is to go, says Clare Kelly

By Clare Kelly

29 November

Ireland to tackle ‘inexcusable’ lack of female university leaders

Task force will investigate how women can be supported to rise through the university ranks

By Jack Grove

9 November

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#1 Submitted by m.... on February 14, 2024 - 11:02am

Did it ever occur that the reason that Professors Gay & Magill found their positions untenable was due to their OPINIONS being at odds to those of a bunch of politicians, and not to do with the fact that they happen to be female?

How I learned that preserving the male status quo was leaders’ real task

As a woman concerned by gender inequality, I could be tolerated coming up to the elbows of the men in power, but not to their shoulders, says Pat O’Connor

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How I learned that preserving the male status quo was leaders’ real task

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