REPORT OF THE EXPERT GROUP HEA National Review of Gender Equality in Irish Higher Education Institutions

Focusing on staff in Irish higher education, the Review has supported an in-depth analysis of the gender-balance of academic and non-academic staff across all grades of employment as well as institutions’ management teams, academic councils and governing boards. Taking as its starting point the progress to date in advancing gender equality across the sector, and examining the reasons for continuing gender inequality, the Review has been forward-looking, adopting a ‘quality enhancement’ approach to building on the sector’s achievements to date and on international ‘best practice’ to shape future policy and practice in Ireland.
As we can see, this is related to social power of women and their representation in the higher education. It gives us some tips and information:
- Ireland will have achieved gender equality in higher education when:
- The most talented women and men are employed at all levels in Irish HEIs, in both academic and non-academic roles;
- Representation on HEI governance and management structures is gender balanced;
- There is gender balance among presidents (or equivalent) nationally;
- There is no perceived gender inequality among staff members;
- Irish HEIs have successfully achieved and retained gold institutional Athena SWAN awards

Why it's a good practice: this is related to social power of women and their representation in the higher education.

Read the full analysis: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/media/equality/files/hea_review_of_gender_equality_in_irish_higher_education_2016.pdf