ext_143681 ([identity profile] kargicq.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] purplecat 2014-05-01 07:20 pm (UTC)

This however is real:
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/apr/19/early-career-academics-forfeit-research-funding-maternity-leave
Get a 2 year fellowship, take 6 months of statutory mat leave, turn it into an 18 month fellowship. That is *technically* mat leave I guess, but not effectively. And then they wonder why fewer women reach the top in science!
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