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Gender Balance in Arts Education<\/h3>\n
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There are alarming conditions in higher arts education when it comes to the representation of women and men at all institutional levels. Art-related challenges in quality assessment is one of the factors that seems to make it difficult\u00a0for women in particular to enter the field, and this is even more apparent with regard to senior positions.\u00a0Assessment in hiring and promotion processes in arts education institutions in Norway is based on criteria that differ from traditional research quality assessments. The criteria are more vague and less predictable than in other areas of research, which can constitute additional hindrances for women who seek promotion and tenure positions.<\/p>\n

To increase recruitment of women to senior positions in the field, it is necessary to adopt a holistic approach that comprises both general cultural awareness and individual support systems. Motivation and courage are vital for women considering an academic career. Transparency in assessment processes influences whether women apply for professorships or leadership positions.<\/p>\n

The research component of the project aims (1) to map the gender balance in the field, (2) to identify gender equality strategies and (3) to analyse institutional attitudes towards the\u00a0deployment\u00a0of these\u00a0strategies. In addition we look at assessment processes and ask: what is assessed and what are the criteria for excellence in the arts?<\/p>\n

Since its inception in 2015, the project has developed\u00a0several equality strategies with a specific emphasis on awareness and positive feedback for those who engage in gender equality work. Rewarding people through prizes and attention, publishing articles, organising seminars for leaders, and giving acknowledgement to women in the field are some of the strategies we employ.\u00a0The ending of the project was marked by the\u00a0international conference ‘Music and Gender in Balance’ in April 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Research Council of Norway initiated the\u00a0BALANSE programme<\/a>\u00a0in 2013 \u201cto promote gender balance at the senior level in Norwegian research through new knowledge, learning and innovative measures\u201d. The programme facilitates the\u00a0funding for\u00a0projects<\/a>\u00a0that work with Gender balance in senior positions and research management in the Norwegian HE sector.\u00a0The BALANSE project at Faculty of Fine Arts at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway<\/a>\u00a0applied successful for funding of 3 million NOK to promote gender balance at the senior level in higher arts education in Norway. Hilde S. Blix and Lilli Mittner were running the project for a period of three years (RCN 2015-2018\/245487).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gender Balance in Arts Education There are alarming conditions in higher arts education when it comes to the representation of women and men at all institutional levels. Art-related challenges in quality assessment is one of the factors that seems to make it difficult\u00a0for women in particular to enter the field, and this is even more … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":746,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/746"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/balanse-kunstfag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}