A significant gender imbalance remains at executive management level within higher
education despite a number of initiatives to increase the number of women in the leadership …

The underrepresentation of women in the most senior ranks, and senior leadership positions
in the academy, is a global phenomenon. How and why women academics experience the …

Orientation: The study reported here explores the preconceived notion of women's missing
agency–characterised by a lack of confidence–as an explanation for their continued …

Women constitute just over one fifth of full professors in UK higher education and whilst work
has emerged in recent years on professors as leaders, there has been comparatively little …

Aims The British Council in Pakistan commissioned the research in response to concerns in
the profession about the under-representation of women in senior leadership positions in …

As higher education (HE) institutions globally become increasingly performative, competitive
and corporatised in response to neoliberal rationalities, the exigencies of HE leadership are …

“Why are there so few women vice chancellors in UK higher education? In this book, Paula
Burkinshaw explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the …

This article uses case study interviews to examine women's experiences in higher
education. It focuses on career progression, support available for promotion and particular …

This paper draws on British Council commissioned research in response to concerns about
women's absence from senior leadership positions in higher education in South Asia. The …

This article argues that Higher Education Institutions should adopt positive action in
recruitment and promotion to tackle women's under-representation in senior leadership …