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University administrators should “recognise that publications alone are not an effective measure of productivity and success in STEM”, it says. More emphasis should be placed on “flexible measures”?such as teaching, mentoring and collaboration.
The research found that women were bedevilled by insecure work arrangements, with 39 per cent of early career female professionals languishing on fixed-term contracts. These problems often persisted, with 23 per cent of mid-career women and 19 per cent of established counterparts stuck on fixed-term contracts.
Women’s representation among STEM graduates in 바카라사이트 region was also well below 50 per cent and as low as 15 per cent in some countries, 바카라사이트 research found. “In Australia, considered an advanced economy, only 13 per cent of STEM-qualified occupations were undertaken by women in 2020,” it says.
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