Catégorie: Discriminations

Universities are right to accept state school students with lower grades

By Sophie Padgett . Private schools are threatening to boycott universities that positively discriminate? Bring it on. There's a growing view that if you attended a state school you'll be given an easy ride into a top university . Outraged by suggestions of positive...

Le MESR pleinement mobilisé dans la lutte contre l'homophobie à l'université

Le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche édite aujourd'hui, à l'occasion de la journée mondiale de lutte contre l'homophobie, une brochure à destination des personnels des universités. Ce document accompagnera les...

Recrutement et discrimination: le rôle de la formation

Par Romain Giry . CV anonyme, charte sur l’égalité et la diversité des chances… Depuis plusieurs années, les entreprises multiplient les initiatives pour limiter au maximum toute discrimination lors des recrutements....

The NTEU National Indigenous Forum: Bargaining – What do we want?

The NTEU Indigenous Policy Committee will conduct the 2013 NTEU National Indigenous Forum on Thursday the 23rd & Friday the 24th May at the Brambuk Cultural Centre, Halls Gap, Victoria. The theme for Forum 2013 is: Bargaining – What do we want? Indigenous Forum 2013 will have a...

Access to Britain’s top universities is far from fair

B y Vikki Boliver . Despite the establishment of a government Office for Fair Access nearly a decade ago, students from less privileged backgrounds continue to be substantially underrepresented in the United...

How Should Colleges Ask About Students’ Sexual Orientation?

By Tammy R. Johnson . In recent years, there has been increasing interest among admission officers regarding the identification of LGBT students on campus. Reliable statistics about LGBT populations on campuses across the country are all but non-existent, and many...

An Institutional Responsibility: Tracking Retention & Academic Success of Out LGBT Students

By Shane Windmeyer, Keith Humphrey and Danielle Barker . Calls for increased accountability, specifically around student graduation rates, are everywhere in higher education across the United States. Ensuring that students progress efficiently from orientation to commencement has become the...

Poorest pupils ‘could be nudged to apply to university’

By Simon Baker . School pupils from poorer backgrounds could be contacted by the government to nudge them towards applying to university if they get good GCSE grades, David Willetts has said. In a speech to the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s annual conference,...

Orientation sexuelle et discrimination dans le recrutement

Par Vincent Poirel . Il existe 19 critères de discrimination à l’embauche, strictement définis par le code du travail (L.1132-1) et le code pénal (225.1). Si l’on évoque le plus souvent des discriminations relatives à...

Oxford auch für Arme

Bisher mussten Bewerber für ein Graduiertenstudium an der Uni Oxford nachweisen, über mehrere Zehntausend Pfund zu verfügen. Ein Student klagte dagegen – mit Erfolg. Für Graduierte, also Studierende mit Bachelorabschluss, war eine Bewerbung an der...

Report Criticizes the Citadel’s Investigation of Abuse Complaint

By Nick DeSantis . An internal investigation at the Citadel that examined how the South Carolina military college handled a sexual-abuse complaint was “inadequate” but did not represent a coverup to keep the information secret. That was the central finding of an...

Sexism rife in universities, warns NUS report

By Chris Parr . More than half of female students identify “prevailing sexism, ‘laddism’ and a culture of harassment” at their universities, according to a survey by the National Union of Students. The report, That’s what she said: Women...

Oxford accused of 'bias' against ethnic minorities because of success of white candidates in getting places on competitive courses

By Sarah Harris . White applicants to some of the most competitive courses are twice as likely to get places. Of British students applying, 25.7% received an offer compared to 17.2% of students from ethnic minorities. MP David Lammy said the figures suggested an 'institutional bias'....

Construire sa politique diversité et lutter contre les discriminations

Diversité: un nouveau guide réalisé par la COPEC Loire-Atlantique Recueil d’informations essentielles à connaître sur la politique diversité et la lutte contre les discriminations, ce guide s’adresse aux dirigeants et managers...

Women dominate university graduates, so why not university leadership positions?

B y Terri Macdonald . An online article in Women's Agenda by Conrad Liveris asks why there aren't more women in leadership roles in our universities, when there are more women graduating? Liveris notes that tertiary education is a haven of activity for women, as both...

Gender segregation in higher education

AS SAUDI ARABIA is aggressively marching into a liberalized market structure, more job opportunities are being created in the expanding private sector for both Saudi young men and women. It seems that the new economic changes are associated by less rigid employment policies that include a...

Emploi: le diktat de l'apparence

Toute décision de l'employeur (embauche, promotion, licenciement, etc.) doit être prise en fonction de critères professionnels et non sur des considérations d'ordre personnel, fondées sur des éléments extérieurs au travail (sexe,...

Treat white working-class boys like ethnic minority, Willetts tells universities

By Richard Garner . Massive fall in admissions demands drastic action, Universities minister says. Universities will be told they should recruit more white, working-class boys in the wake of figures showing a massive slump in applications from men for courses. The Universities minister...

Forderung von britischem Uni-Minister - Her mit der Quote für weiße Jungs!

Sie besuchen selten eine Uni und interessieren sich vor allem für "kämpfen, kicken, Koitus": Männliche, weiße Arbeiterkinder fallen im britischen Bildungssystem zurück. Der Wissenschaftsminister will die Jungs nun als Minderheit schützen - Hochschulen...

White working class boys could be treated like ethnic minorities by universities, says minister

By Rosa Silverman . White working class boys are so under-represented at universities that they may need to be treated like ethnic minorities when it comes to recruiting students, a government minister has suggested. The number of boys applying to university courses has...

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