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I'm forwarding this to the list because it should be of interest to many members, not least because the effect of short-term research contracts on the position of women in science and engineering is explicitly discussed in this high-profile government report (and the reduction of such short-termism is one of the main policy recommendations). Other relevant aspects concern working conditions and institutional policies within universities. I took part in some of the online debate, and I think the report is fair and well-balanced, although as you might expect it misses out some of the more lively comments and strong complaints. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:41:57 -0000 Subject: Report on the women in science consultation From: Pearce Sarah <[log in to unmask]> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-to: [log in to unmask] The report on the Women in Science, Engineering and Technology on-line consultation has now been published. A summary has been circulated to MPs and Lords, and the full report sent to stakeholders such as the Research Councils. It is available on the consultation web site in html format or pdf format at: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/hansard/files/report.html or http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/hansard/files/report.pdf The PDF version is 20 pages. Both the four page summary and the full report are also available at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology web site (click on "Links to on-line reports and briefing notes"): http://www.parliament.uk/post/report.htm The Athena project and Women in Higher Education Register are working on taking forward the recommendations made during the discussion. If you wish to be involved, please email Caroline Fox at [log in to unmask] Thank you very much for all your interesting and useful contributions to the debate. The Hansard List Owners __________________________________________ Clare Davies Dept. of Psychology, University of Surrey. List owner for contract-research-staff. To leave this list: send a message to [log in to unmask] saying: 'leave contract-research-staff' stop To join the list, substitute the word 'join'. The contract-research-staff list concerns issues and developments regarding contract researcher employment in UK HE. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%