Women-Only Posts Could Right an Old Wrong – But They Need Long-Term State Funding

Ireland“This week saw a promising development in an eternal battle, with government approval for the creation of 20 women-only professorships in colleges across the country. In Trinity, the move, part of the Senior Academic Leadership Initiative, will fund two new chair professorships for women – as part of a project attractive enough to prod Trinity into belatedly appointing an associate vice-provost for equality, diversity and inclusion in order to meet the funding criteria …” (more)

[University Times, 5 January]

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