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Informationen zum Autor Diana Woodward is Dean of the Graduate School at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. She has wide experience of both setting up and implementing equal opportunity policies as well as writing extensively on the subject. She has worked as a further and higher education inspector, is an executive member of the Through the Glass Ceiling Network of Women in Higher Education Management and has recently completed an edited text on women managers in higher education. Karen Ross is Director of the Centre for Communication Studies at Coventry University. She has written extensively on equal opportunities issues, particularly in relation to the representation of disadvantaged groups in mass media. She has delivered equal opportunities training to groups as varied as academic staff, local government officers and journalists and has researched structural inequalities in institutional settings. She has recently completed research with the BBC on marginalized groups and portrayal. Klappentext * How can universities and colleges realistically 'manage' the delivery of equal opportunities for both students and staff? * How can institutional and structural inequalities be redressed? * What is the role of higher education managers in realizing the goal of widening participation and what strategies can be employed to achieve that goal? * What examples of good practice already exist which could be adapted to suit the specific environments of different institutions? In a lively mix of personal experience, theoretical debate and case study material this book articulates the tension which often exists between theory and practice, good intentions and hard reality; and it offers concrete suggestions about how such tensions can be and have been reconciled successfully in a significant number of higher education institutions. Its hands-on style makes it invaluable for both experienced and new managers who are responsible for the implementing and monitoring of effective equal opportunities policies; and it will also be important reading for scholars and students interested in public sector cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis /f002Part One: Overview Introduction Why should universities bother with equal opportunities? A vice-chancellor's view (Graham Upton) /f002Part Two: Some specifics on /f004un/f002equal opportunities Gender: students Gender: staff Ethnicity Disability Sexual orientation Social class and mature entrants (John Bird) /f002Part Three: Institutional measures to promote equality of opportunity The role of senior management The role of middle management Conclusions Index. ...
