The University of Oxford is to appoint its first female vice-chancellor since its records began nearly 800 years ago.

The Aarhus University Research Foundation has awarded its annual PhD prizes to five young and promising researchers.

Editorial in the journal Science on gender bias in letters of recommendation for students applying for research grants.

A task force on gender equality in research set up by the Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science has made recommendations for initiatives that can increase the number of female researchers.

Londa Schiebinger, professor at Stanford University, discusses the Gendered Innovations Project.

New publication on women in Danish research from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science provides an overview of the gender (im)balance in Danish research.

The management at Aarhus University will meet on 18 February to discuss a new equal opportunities policy, replacing the previous gender equality initiatives from 2009. Right now there are 17% women at professorial level, which is lower than in several other Danish universities.

Aarhus University has had to see itself overtaken by the University of Copenhagen, Aalborg University and Roskilde University when it comes to the number of female associate professors and professors. Now we will focus on gender equality, says the rector of Aarhus University.

Although almost half of the new PhD graduates in Denmark are women, women are still under-represented among the scientific staff at the Danish universities. In an article in Magisterbladet, Mathias Wullum Nielsen, PhD student at CFA, provides suggestions on how to rectify the gender imbalance.