32 research outputs found
Why do students in STEM higher education programmes drop/opt out?:explanations offered from research
Missionary linguistics/ lingĂŒĂstica misionera. Selected papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, March 13-16, Oslo
Missionary linguistics/ lingĂŒĂstica misionera. Selected papers from the First International Conference on Missionary Linguistics, March 13-16, Oslo
Do structured study programmes lead to lower rates of dropout and student transfer from university?
âBraves Step out of the Night of the Barrowsâ: Regenerating the Heritage of Early Medieval Finland
Women's equality in the Scandinavian academy: a distant dream?
While Scandinavian countries are deemed the most equal in the world, vertical sex segregation remains resilient in the Scandinavian academy. This article investigates womenâs equality in universities in three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, countries where womenâs share of professorships is below the EU average. It explores the perception of Swedish, Danish and Norwegian women academics with respect to sex equality, hiring and discrimination. In doing so, it exposes the resilience of inequality regimes in Scandinavian universities and thereby questions the reality of sex equality in countries deemed the âmost equalâ. However, the article also finds that Norwegian respondents were less likely to report discrimination and it reflects on the reasons for differences between the Scandinavian countries