Don’t be fooled with any naivety - universities exploit you with their eyes wide open and governments have been knowingly aiding them with their failure to intervene on the problem they began for decades. Get out quickly and use all of your amazing self to redefine what it means to be an academic.

Until you can see how bad it is, you cannot know how much fight you must put up. However small, how do you subvert universities and in doing so hold yourself to account?

Women scholars need time to plan their career progression especially around Covid-19, but it’s not a reason to stay small.