Academia
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WPUK: UCL and Stonewall
We are aware of an article in a student publication attacking UCL for their decision not to renew membership of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index. The article makes baseless allegations...
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Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Lucy Masoud
This is the text of a speech given by Lucy Masoud, at our meeting co-hosted by Portsmouth University on Thursday 16th September 2021, A Woman’s Place is asking big...
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Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Dr Shonagh Dillon
This is the text of a speech given by Dr Shonagh Dillon, at our meeting co-hosted by Portsmouth University on Thursday 16th September 2021, A Woman's Place is asking...
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Ann Henderson: Reflections on the University of Edinburgh
We are proud to publish the following account by Ann Henderson of her time as Rector of the University of Edinburgh. During her three-year tenure Ann was repeatedly subjected to...
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Why it’s time for universities to break ties with Stonewall
University of Essex apologises Today came the welcome news that the University of Essex has openly apologised to two female academics who had their invitations to speak at the...
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National Education Union asserts importance of debate
Delegates at the National Education Union (NEU) conference recently passed a motion which asserts the importance of discussion and debate, with 75 per cent voting in favour. The text...
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Time for a left wing defence of academic freedom
Gavin Williamson’s free speech proposals: a win for women? When Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced his government’s proposals to protect free speech in universities in England there was a...
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Edinburgh Labour Students
This statement was updated on 27th October to note the withdrawal of the offending statement by Edinburgh Labour Students. Please see update at the end. Edinburgh Labour Students today...
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Solidarity with Selina Todd and Senia Paseta
We are delighted to hear of the establishment of the Women’s Equality and Inequality Research Programme and that Professors Selina Todd and Senia Paseta will be leading this important...
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This is a movement: Kiri Tunks
Kiri Tunks is a teacher and trade union activist. She is a co-founder of Woman’s Place UK. This is the speech she gave on the closing plenary of the...
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We can speak up and we can be heard: Maya Forstater
Maya Forstater is a researcher & writer working on business & sustainable development. She lost her job at the Centre for Global Development after tweeting & writing about the...
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50 Years of Women’s Liberation in the UK: Pragna Patel
Pragna Patel is a founding member of Southall Black Sisters’ advocacy and campaigning centre and Women Against Fundamentalism (now non-operational). She worked as a coordinator and senior case worker...
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Responses to Pi Media from WPUK and UCL Women’s Liberation SIG
On 21st January, a student news site UCL Pi Media published an article entitled ‘UCL hosting Women’s Place UK conference sparks concern’. This article has been edited several...
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Misogyny and anti-intellectualism in academia: Raquel Rosario Sanchez
This is a transcript of the speech Raquel Rosario Sánchez delivered at the University of Cambridge on 05 December 2019 for the ‘Gender Critical Feminism in Public and Academic...
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A Woman’s Place is in academia: Raquel Rosario Sanchez in Oxford
This is a transcript of the speech Raquel Rosario Sánchez delivered at the University of Oxford on 25 October 2019 for the ‘A Woman’s Place is at the lectern’...
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One Possibility: Susan Matthews at A Woman’s Place is at the lectern
Susan Matthews is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University. Susan Matthews writes for Transgender Trend and has contributed to two edited collections on the transgender child. She...
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Power and history: Selina Todd at A Woman’s Place is at the lectern
Selina Todd is Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. Her research focuses on women, feminism and working-class life in modern Britain. She is the author of the bestseller The People....
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