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Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice Chancellors

Fitting in to Communities of Practice of Masculinities

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Paula Burkinshaw

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education (GED)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 1-17

  3. Higher Education: The Gender Neutral Myth

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 18-67

  4. Research Methodology and Research Participants

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 68-85

  5. Negotiating and Navigating Higher Education Gendered Leadership Cultures

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 86-94

  6. Higher Education Leadership Communities of Practice of Masculinities

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 95-117

  7. Achieving a Critical Mass of Women at the Top

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 118-128

  8. The Way Forward

    • Paula Burkinshaw
    Pages 129-138

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 139-156
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About this book

Why are there so few women vice chancellors in UK higher education? In this book, Paula Burkinshaw explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the top' across UK society through in-depth interviews with the (hitherto) silent voices of women vice chancellors. These women have successfully negotiated with and navigated the gendered leadership cultures of higher education throughout their careers and speak of the masculine communities of their workplaces. Advocating the need to achieve a critical mass of women at the top, this book suggests there is still much to be done in the higher education sphere.

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"Yes, we should make public the evidence that Burkinshaw cites (including excellent research by Louise Morley) that points to various powerful forms of discrimination against women." - Times Higher Education

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Leeds, UK

    Paula Burkinshaw

About the author

Paula Burkinshaw is a Senior Research Fellow at Leeds University Centre for Interdisciplinary Leadership, UK who is fascinated by 'the missing women' in leadership and gendered leadership cultures.

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