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A gender divide is increasing in the professions
Dr Brian McKinstry of Edinburgh University is a brave man. Writing in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal, he described the increasing number of women doctors as “bad for medicine” and forecast a staffing crisis down the line. He was not allowed to get away with it, of course. His arguments were met […]
Read MoreThree per cent of Britain’s nannies are male: A campaign to increase their number
A growing number of British men would like to work as nannies and childminders but fear they would be branded as paedophiles, according to a new study. An overwhelming majority of parents and non-parents want more men to join the child care profession, research to be published this week shows. Only one in 10 parents […]
Read MoreWhy have Men working in Childcare in Ireland?
The childcare sector in Ireland has the lowest representation of male workers in Europe — less than one per cent. In this female-dominated sector, many children in childcare have no contact with men between 8am and 5pm. In a society that is increasingly concerned with equality issues, we need to look at men in childcare […]
Read MoreMalaysian men don’t rule in school
The number of male teachers in our schools is dwindling. Why? Do men think teaching isn’t masculine enough, or that it’s a job for the fairer sex? WITH June being the month to celebrate Father’s Day, I found my gaze swivelling towards the “fatherly” figures we have in our schools. I am referring, of course, […]
Read More15 male teachers in one primary school
In a lot of primary schools it can be pretty unusual to learn lessons from a male teacher, but Gavin’s been to one in Surrey with 15 of them! In more than 4,500 thousand primary schools in England there are no male teachers leading classes. And it’s the same in the other parts of the […]
Read MoreWhat’s New in New Zealand
Check out some of the stories from down under in New Zealand. They’ve been posting some great group photographs on their website.
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