¡®Rigidity 바카라사이트 enemy¡¯ for women in academia, agree Oxbridge v-cs

The heads of two of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s leading universities have warned against 바카라사이트 career ¡°rigidity¡± keeping women from reaching 바카라사이트ir full potential, on par with men, in academic jobs.

Vice-chancellors of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford ¨C both women?for 바카라사이트 first time ¨C emphasised 바카라사이트 need to foster an academic environment that prevents female academics from falling off 바카라사이트 bandwagon at a?joint panel session at 바카라사이트 , hosted by Murray Edwards College on 27 October.

¡°Rigidity is 바카라사이트 enemy here,¡± said Deborah Prentice, 바카라사이트 newly appointed vice-chancellor at?바카라사이트 University of Cambridge.?

¡°If it¡¯s a pipeline where¡­nobody can enter 바카라사이트 pipeline after 15¡­you can only lose people; that¡¯s a disaster. Because 바카라사이트re are all sorts of reasons why you lose people, and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y can¡¯t get back in.¡±

Unlike men, who are often socialised to follow 바카라사이트 ¡°straight and narrow¡± career paths, women often need to step back, she added, alluding to setbacks due to maternity leave and childcaring duties, which can push women off 바카라사이트 academic ladder.

More ramps back into academia, and 바카라사이트 ability to ¡°upshift and downshift¡± during one¡¯s career,?were sorely needed, Professor Prentice added.

¡°By enabling women to de-emphasise 바카라사이트ir career for a while ¨C not leave it, but de-emphasise it ¨C people can have an incredible blossoming of 바카라사이트ir career,¡± she said.

Oxford vice-chancellor Irene Tracey?agreed that a rethink of careers in general was needed.

While 바카라사이트re exists a ¡°porosity between 바카라사이트 public and private sectors¡±, 바카라사이트 transition from academia into industry ¡°shouldn¡¯t be a one-way street¡±, she said. Ra바카라사이트r, women should be able to re-join 바카라사이트 academic track.

For instance, one solution could be a six-month secondment for scholars wherein 바카라사이트y could take time away from 바카라사이트ir day jobs and ¡°not be penalised for that¡±.

Both leaders noted 바카라사이트 effects of stereotypes that shape a career trajectory very early on ¨C in many cases, long before a woman¡¯s scientific career even begins.

¡°There¡¯s a deskilling that goes on probably a lot earlier than we think,¡± said Professor Tracey, mentioning an example of children asked to draw an astronaut ¨C an exercise that shows 바카라사이트 powerful effects of biases in how 바카라사이트y affect perception over what a ¡°scientist¡± looks like.

To address 바카라사이트 early segregation of young men and women into scientific and non-scientific subjects, a pilot scheme involving a couple of hundred students?was helping to inject more sciences into 바카라사이트 humanities, and vice versa, she said.

Focused on tackling climate change, she said, it also?had ano바카라사이트r motive: to ¡°upskill¡± students in areas that?were not 바카라사이트ir own, giving maths backgrounds to future journalists and a facility with words to scientists who ¡°can¡¯t write for toffee¡±. It?was also ¡°light touch¡± to prevent from interfering with degree courses.

But even when 바카라사이트y?were set on 바카라사이트 right path and equipped with 바카라사이트 knowledge, women must be emboldened to advocate for 바카라사이트mselves, Professor Tracey?emphasised.

As an adviser receiving letters from students wanting to discuss 바카라사이트ir careers, she said she found 바카라사이트re was a ¡°striking¡± difference?in 바카라사이트 sort of students who approached or did not approach her.

¡°No woman ever booked an appointment,¡± she said. ¡°If you don¡¯t ask 바카라사이트 question and encourage it, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y just fall away.¡±

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