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Gender Quotas
Poll: Are female-only professorial posts a good idea?
Mary Mitchell O’Connor said she is expecting a backlash.
MINISTER FOR HIGHER Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor will tomorrow announce she is creating female-only professorial posts.
Writing in today’s Sunday Independent, the minister said she is addressing what she described as “the paltry proportion of women in senior third-level positions”.
But she also said she is expecting a backlash.
So this morning we want to know: Are female-only professorial posts a good idea?
Poll Results:
No (12638)
Yes (1828)
No opinion (430)
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