Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Saying genius or brilliant 'can alienate female students' | Daily Mail Online

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Now saying genius or brilliant 'can alienate female students': 
Cambridge academics are discouraged from using phrases with 'assumptions of gender inequality'
  • It's feared terms like 'brilliant' or 'flair' will alienate female students 
  • The terms are said to 'carry assumptions of gender inequality' among women 
  • Reading lists are also being reassessed to include more female historians
  • 31 per cent of female Cambridge history students gained firsts in 2015-16 

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