... disciplines which have been overlooked by comparison and focuses on academic conferences as a higher education practice. Conferences are manifestations of the research being conducted within the discipline, representing the type of knowledge that is considered valuable, and who the thought leaders...

...Doyin Atewologun; Elena Doldor Purpose This paper reviews the recent “Women at the Top” Conference held in London by the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology and offers some suggestions for future research on women at the top. Design/methodology/approach...

...Alain Klarsfeld; Anne‐Francoise Bender Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report upon the “Diversity and equal opportunities” Special Interest Group of the Francophone Association of Research in Human Resource Management (AGRH), which held its first international conference on “Gender...

... 2009 Higher education Equal opportunities Conferences United States of America Toward the end of the session, Anderson questioned Bial, Posse's Founder and President, regarding the organization's focus on elite institutions, as opposed to less selective four year universities, community...

...Adedoyin Atewologun; Victoria Showunmi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the 2008 inaugural Equal Opportunities Conference held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Design/methodology/approach The report is based on delegate observations, notes and audience reactions...

...C. Douglas Johnson; David A. Kravitz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the conference on “Teaching and Training Workplace Diversity: Best Practices and Research” held 13‐15 July 2007, on the campus of George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. Design/methodology/approach...

...Tessa Wright; Fiona Colgan; Chris Creegany; Aidan McKearney Purpose Aims to present a report of a conference held at London Metropolitan University in June 2006 that presented and discussed the findings of a two‐year research project, funded by the Higher Education European Social Fund...