Gender equality

As he resigns as rector of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gunnar Bovim calls for the EU to attract more women project leaders to its research programmes. Fixing the gender gap in academia is ‘not trivial’, he says

Dutch university – bottom of the league on gender equality in the Netherlands – is making a bold move to deal with the imbalance. “I hope our example will be followed by others,” says university president Robert-Jan Smits

Carlos Moedas says quotas should be set ‘at some point’ for more women to advance into the top ranks of universities and labs

Ex-MEP Vicky Ford joins UK Parliament science committee following storm over all-male line-up