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Things I have learned navigating public transport with a baby: In the fight for space between bikes, wheelchairs, baby strollers and enormous old lady shopping trolleys, the trolleys always win.
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I spoke to women leaving academia posts because they feel universities are protecting predatory professors.

Is this one cause for the ‘leaky pipeline’ problem, which sees women falling out of academia at every rung of the ladder?
The journalists at @mediastormpod.bsky.social podcast are fab and always speak to the unheard voices often ignored by the media. So many great episodes but this recent one is relevant to our research ecosystems.
Abuse in academia: Are universities protecting predatory professors?
Épisode de l’émission · Media Storm · 13/03/2025 · 43 min
podcasts.apple.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Situation A: 14 abuse allegations against one male professor result in him staying and multiple female staff resigning in protest

Situation B: Academia gets more male-dominated every level up you go

Is it possible Situations A and B are related? I investigated.

bylinetimes.com/2025/03/17/m...
Media Storm Investigates: Are Universities Protecting Predatory Professors?
Universities have turned the complaints process into a 'warning not to challenge the behaviour of men and the institutions that protect them', reports Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM