Can the goal of gender balance ever justify a men-only bursary?
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Can the goal of gender balance ever justify a men-only bursary?

Petra Kendall-Raynor Freelance health journalist

Plan to entice male applicants to a degree course prompts debate about fairness

Nursing has always been a female-dominated profession. While applications from men for nursing courses have risen significantly in the past decade, there is some way to go before the profession achieves anywhere near gender parity.

Nursing Standard. 32, 4, 12-13. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.4.12.s13

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