{"id":2160,"date":"2014-08-02T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2014-08-02T16:14:48","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:14:48","slug":"gender-imbalance-in-the-universities-and-colleges-of-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2014\/08\/02\/gender-imbalance-in-the-universities-and-colleges-of-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender imbalance in the Universities and Colleges of Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Education Secretary Michael Russell has raised concerns that there is a gender imbalance in Scotland&#8217;s colleges and universities, with too few women holding senior positions.<\/p>\n<p>The problem appears to be most prevalent within the physics, maths and computer technology departments.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Russell has suggested this issue be addressed as a priority with solutions, such as Universities and Colleges becoming more family orientated working environments to attract women into senior positions, a possibility.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Science must also be given the priority it deserves in school, starting in primary school, to encourage and enthuse girls into the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/comment\/herald-view\/plotting-course-on-a-gender-balance.24908897\">http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/comment\/herald-view\/plotting-course-on-a-gender-balance.24908897<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Secretary Michael Russell has raised concerns that there is a gender imbalance in Scotland&#8217;s colleges and universities, with too few women holding senior positions. The problem appears to be most prevalent within the physics, maths and computer technology departments. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2014\/08\/02\/gender-imbalance-in-the-universities-and-colleges-of-scotland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,631],"tags":[762,674329],"class_list":["post-2160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sciences","category-technologies","tag-science","tag-stemcentralinmotion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}