Do Women Need Help in History Exams? Oxford Faces Criticism
Are women the weaker sex when it comes to history? Oxford University has announced a new policy of letting female students sit some exams at home, but this has not been met with unmixed approval by commentators, including women and feminists who call it sexist. Telegraph Education Oxford University blasted for 'insulting' decision to allow students to sit exams at home as it implies women are the 'weaker sex'7 Comments Oxford University CREDIT: CHRISTINA BOLLEN / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO Camilla Turner, education editor 11 JUNE 2017 • 7:30PM Oxford University has been blasted for its “insulting” decision to allow students to sit exams at home in an attempt to close the gender gap, as a leading historian warns that the decision implies that women are the “weaker sex”. From the start of the next academic year, the University’s History Faculty is to change its exam system to replace one of the five final-year exams with a “take-home” paper. The move is...