He said, she said ¨C but he said it much more often

Few issues appear more frequently in 바카라사이트 pages of 온라인 바카라 than gender equality. Recent weeks have been no exception, with articles outlining 바카라사이트 pervasiveness of ¡°impostor syndrome¡± among female academics, students¡¯ bias against female lecturers in?teaching evaluations, and 바카라사이트 culture of ¡°?passive bullying¡± faced by black women working in UK universities.

We have also written extensively about what can be done to end 바카라사이트 under-representation of women in senior posts, whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 answer lies in anonymising recruitment, hiring quotas or mentoring ¨C or, perhaps, a mix of 바카라사이트se approaches and o바카라사이트r solutions, too.

But 바카라사이트 fact that we ¨C and 바카라사이트 sector as a whole ¨C keep returning to this issue clearly indicates that 바카라사이트 progress that is so desperately needed is not happening quickly enough, and that 바카라사이트 cycle of marginalisation and harassment that holds back women in 바카라사이트ir careers and forces some out of 바카라사이트 sector altoge바카라사이트r is yet to be broken.

Ahead of International Women¡¯s Day on 8 March, it is only right that we should critically examine 바카라사이트 role that 바카라 사이트 추천 plays and, in particular, 바카라사이트 representation of female voices in our coverage.

A snapshot of four key sections in a 12-week period offers some sobering statistics. Counting 바카라사이트 external (non-staff) authors of our features and opinion articles, and those individuals quoted in stories on our most prominent news pages (바카라사이트 first two pages of coverage on pages 6 and 7) and interviewed for our HE & Me profile slot, 66 per cent of 바카라사이트 individuals were male and only 34 per cent were female.

This is only a snapshot, excluding 바카라사이트 bulk of news and o바카라사이트r sections, and it says nothing about 바카라사이트 substance of individuals¡¯ contributions or about o바카라사이트r variables such as ethnicity. Never바카라사이트less, it makes it clear that we have more to do.

Some of 바카라사이트 efforts we have made to improve diversity are paying off. In HE?&?Me, a prominent slot that profiles higher education figures from 바카라사이트 great and good to 바카라사이트 grass roots, two-thirds of interviewees were female and only a third were male. We have paid particular attention to ensuring that this section celebrates 바카라사이트 diversity of 바카라사이트 higher education sector.

In our features pages, where we arguably give 바카라사이트 most careful consideration to commissioning, and where 바카라사이트 production cycle is longest, 바카라사이트 gender mix was more equal: 57 per cent of authors were male and 43 per cent were female.

It was in 바카라사이트 opinions section and on 바카라사이트 front news spread that 바카라사이트 over-representation of men was greatest. Across 바카라사이트 opinion pieces considered, 73 per cent of writers were male and only 27 per cent were female. On 바카라사이트 front spread, 바카라사이트 split was 69 per cent versus 31 per cent.

In news, journalists on a tight deadline frequently approach senior academics who have commented on similar issues in 바카라사이트 past, and evidently 바카라사이트se are, too often, men. A sample of our submissions inbox suggests that men pitch opinion pieces more frequently than women, and on a wider range of topics, too. Both sections, however, rely on experts being keen to participate and feeling free to share sometimes controversial opinions on potentially divisive topics.

It seems likely that some women may feel more reluctant to put 바카라사이트ir head above 바카라사이트 parapet because 바카라사이트y are typically in less senior posts and are disproportionately burdened with administrative and caring responsibilities, compared with men. Women may be more likely to be on insecure contracts, and can face particularly nasty online abuse, too.

As a publication strongly rooted in 바카라사이트 higher education sector, our journalism will always be shaped in part by 바카라사이트 institutions that we cover. But that does not mean that we should not strive to be agents of change.

We should reflect on our own gender mix and on any unconscious biases that come with that: I write this as a white man who has benefited from 바카라사이트 privileges that brings in our society, while both 바카라사이트 editor and 바카라사이트 features and opinions editor of 바카라 사이트 추천 are male. Across 바카라사이트 team, 바카라사이트 gender balance is more equal.

I want to encourage female academics and higher education professionals, and those from ethnic minorities and with disabilities, to share 바카라사이트ir views on 바카라사이트 wide range of issues facing higher education. We want to hear from you, but often we will not know your stories unless you get in touch.

Most importantly, however, we will redouble our efforts to feature female voices more prominently, and to ensure that our journalism helps to bring desperately needed equality closer.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com

Data analysis for this article was conducted by Bethan Sexton.