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Statement in support of Dr Alison Duncan Kerr at the University of Saint Andrews

The Gender International fully supports the open letter and demands that Dr Kerr’s contract be made permanent. 

The Gender International, 22nd February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 22, 2021February 22, 2021Posted inPress

StAnd With Alison: St Andrews and Stirling MAP chapter denounces the actions of the University of St Andrews

It is time we stopped accepting lip service about equality, diversity and inclusivity from universities.

Minorities and Philosophies UK, 16th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 16, 2021Posted inPress

St Andrews University comes under fire after axing only female gender studies professor

A university has sparked a global row after axing the only female professor on a gender studies course.

ThisIsMoney, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021February 22, 2021Posted inPress

Hundreds sign petition as St A ‘ends contract of only female Gender Studies professor’

Students and academics worldwide have expressed outrage after the University of St Andrews “refused to renew the contract of the only female professor at its Institute for Gender Studies”.

The Tab, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021February 22, 2021Posted inPress

Scottish University Draws Ire for Dismissing Female Gender Studies Lead

The decision by the University of St. Andrews not to renew the contract of a female philosopher points to broader underrepresentation of women in academia, critics say.

New York Times, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021Posted inPress

L’Université écossaise prépare Ire pour la classe Head of Gender Studies

L’Observatoire du Qatar, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021February 16, 2021Posted inPress

Die Scottish University plant Ire für die Klasse Head of Gender Studies

Neue Schweitzer Zeitung, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021February 16, 2021Posted inPress

Scozia, due uomini al posto di una professoressa: insorgono studenti e studiosi

La decisione della prestigiosa università di St Andrews di sostituire la filosofa americana Alison Kerr alla testa del piccolo dipartimento sugli “Studi di genere” scatena proteste.

la Repubblica, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021Posted inPress

Outrage after female gender studies professor to be ‘replaced by men’

More than 1,500 people have signed a petition calling on St Andrews University to reverse its decision not to renew Dr Alison Kerr’s contract.

The Independent, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021Posted inPress

Gender studies professor Alison Kerr replaced by men at St Andrews University

Hundreds of students and academics from around the world have expressed outrage after St Andrews University refused to renew the contract of the only female professor at its Institute for Gender Studies.

The Times, 15th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021Posted inPress

Global row after St Andrews University fails to renew gender expert’s contract

Scotland has become the latest global battlefield over the future of the discipline as the country’s oldest university lets go a leading academic.

The Herald, 14th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 14, 2021February 14, 2021Posted inPress

Gender Scholar Under Attack in Scotland

A particularly egregious exploitation of a faculty member is leading to her “redundancy”

Academe Blog, 10th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 10, 2021February 14, 2021Posted inPress

Effort Launched to Save Job of Philosopher at University of St. Andrews

An effort is underway to protest the decision of the University of St. Andrews to fail to make permanent the contract of a philosopher on a fixed term appointment who has done an extraordinary amount of work for the university over the past three years.

Daily Nous, 10th February 2021

Posted byStandWithAlisonFebruary 10, 2021February 14, 2021Posted inPress
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