6 Amendments of Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN related to 2011/2294(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls on universities and higher education colleges to recognise that women learners may have specific additional responsibilities outside of learning, for example, caring for young children or elderly relatives; encourages therefore to introduce a greater variety of study modes, e.g. part-time and distance learning;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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3. Considers it necessary to review the criteria for promotion to senior research- oriented positions (e.g. professorships) in order to include a strong gender perspectiveaiming at gender balanced composition and address the lack of women in these posts, and to recognise that women are far more likely than their male counterparts to take career breaks in order to have a family;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that higher education should give tools to women to enable them to achieve better positions in the private sector and develop their entrepreneurial skills, thus promoting growth and jobs in the EU; insists, therefore, that women should be encouraged to participate actively in university/private sector partnerships and co-operations, e.g. through start-ups or spin- offs;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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5 a. Recognises that women still face barriers on reaching the highest-level in post-graduate education and research; calls therefore on Member States and universities to design and implement national strategies to ensure women´s participation therein;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
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6. Reiterates that the gender pay gap is still a huge concern and that in the field of higher education women researchers and professors are paid less than their male counterparts at the same level; calls for an equal remuneration system for the same research positions;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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6 a. Calls on Member States to introduce as a criteria for eligibility for state funded research projects the condition of a gender balanced research team;