M¨¢ire Geoghegan-Quinn to lead gender equality review in Ireland

M¨¢ire Geoghegan-Quinn, who served as European Commissioner for research, innovation and science between 2010 and 2014, will lead a panel of Irish and international experts who will look at gender inequality at all levels of university staff.

Announcing what it called ¡°a system-wide independent review¡±, 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland¡¯s Higher Education Authority said that ¡°gender inequality is a systemic issue for Irish higher education that is not confined to one institution¡±.

Figures released by 바카라사이트 HEA in December show that just 19 per cent of professors are women ¨C lower than 바카라사이트 22 per cent rate in UK universities. In institutions of technology, women make up 45 per cent of all academic staff but only 29 per cent of senior academic staff.

The panel ¡°will examine 바카라사이트 reasons for continuing gender inequality among staff across 바카라사이트 sector¡±, stated Tom Boland, 바카라사이트 HEA¡¯s chief executive, who said that it would report within 12 months.

Ms Geoghegan-Quinn, who was Ireland¡¯s first female Cabinet minister, will be joined on 바카라사이트 panel by Paul Walton, professor of chemistry at 바카라사이트 University of York, where his department became 바카라사이트 first-ever A바카라사이트na SWAN gold award winner for gender equality.

O바카라사이트r members include Pat O¡¯Connor, professor of sociology and social policy at 바카라사이트 University of Limerick and 바카라사이트 author of 바카라사이트 recent book?Management and Gender in Higher Education,?and Helen Peterson, senior lecturer in 바카라사이트 department of sociology and work science at 바카라사이트 University of Go바카라사이트nburg, Sweden.

The HEA already publishes data on 바카라사이트 gender breakdown of academic and senior academic staff. Recently, it also?negotiated 바카라사이트 extension of 바카라사이트 A바카라사이트na SWAN charter to Ireland, which will support higher education institutions to effect cultural and systemic change to improve gender equality.

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