Scientists are biased towards recruiting and encouraging men over women into the profession, according to an article published last week in the journal PNAS. In the study, 127 science academics across…
As a teacher, an academic cannot use freedom of speech to say something that may directly demean or intimidate a student. But as a researcher, they must have the freedom to pursue the truth.
AUSTRALIA 2025: How will science address the challenges of the future? In collaboration with Australia’s chief scientist Ian Chubb, we’re asking how each science discipline will contribute to Australia…
Is it appropriate that a Playboy centrefold from 1972 is still being used as a standard test image in image processing circles?
Planet 50:50 is a worthy aspiration this International Women’s Day – but there is still a mountain to climb and employers need to help.
Sexual violence against women is not the result of a few odd bad elements. Sexual violence is part and parcel of heterosexual masculinity.
A greater synergy between academics and practitioners is needed to progress hip hop for it to be taken seriously as a core area for study.
Many more women probably use drugs than official figures suggest. And they certainly face more harms.
A little-known researcher’s theory on the experience of queer people continues to reverberate to today.
Working from home and performing multiple roles leads to constant guilt, which has personal health consequences for women academics.
