Despite a social consensus regarding the importance of mothers as care providers, the crucial role mothers play in their children’s social mobility is often overlooked in research and policymaking.
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Yue Qian, University of British Columbia and Yang Hu, Lancaster University
Globally, mothers’ educational status has a greater influence over the level of education their children attain today than was the case for people born mid-century.
This is what leadership looks like.
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Marianna Fotaki, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
For every woman at the peak of the academic ladder there are many others who have been left behind.
Visa limitations force Indonesian husbands who follow their wives who are studying in Australia to change their status from breadwinner to dependent.
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Only 20.1% of university vice-chancellor and principals are women, according to a new report from the Equality Challenge Unit. This wide gender gap at the top of universities makes it all the more vital…
A rarity. Nancy Rothwell, vice-chancellor of Manchester University, honoured by the Queen.
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Women now form 56.5% of the student body, make up 53.8% of the whole workforce and occupy 45% of academic jobs in higher education in the United Kingdom. But their representation declines dramatically…
New budget measures are going to adversely affect young women more so than young men.
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In a recent radio interview, federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne refused to contemplate a hypothetical situation that involved young women doing all the heavy lifting under his government’s plans…