WHEN (Women in Higher Education Network) -- Introduction / Louise Morley and Val Walsh -- Ch. 1. Women and Careers in Higher Education: What is the Problem? / Christine Heward -- Ch. 2. In the Prime of Their Lives? Older Women in Higher Education / Meg Maguire -- Ch. 3. Activists as Change Agents: Achievements and Limitations / Liz Price and Judy Priest -- Ch. 4. Good Practices, Bad Attitudes: An Examination of the Factors Influencing Women's Academic Careers / Jane Kettle -- Ch. 5. Deaf Women Academics in Higher Education / Ruth-Elaine Gibson -- Ch. 6. Women in Management Education: The Token Topic? / Pat Hornby and Sue Shaw -- Ch. 7. Struggling for Inclusion: Black Women in Professional and Management Education / Catharine Ross -- Ch. 8. Equal Opportunities and Higher Education / Maggie Humm -- Ch. 9. Irish Women in Higher Education in England: From Invisibility to Recognition / Breda Gray and Louise Ryan.
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Text of Note
This text presents evidence of the work and action of feminists in academia and shows that there is still much to be done before academia is a safe and welcoming environment for women. Women integrate their experience with theory to document and challenge the obstacles to equality and difference.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Feminism and education-- Great Britain.
Sex discrimination in higher education-- Great Britain.
Women college administrators-- Great Britain.
Women college teachers-- Great Britain.
Women-- Education (Higher)-- Great Britain.
Women college administrators-- Great Britain.
Women-- Education (Higher)-- Great Britain.
Sex discrimination in higher education-- Great Britain.