Teresa Carvalho, University of Aveiro, Portugal Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, CIPES, PortugalJenny Neale University of Wellington, New Zealand Pat O'Connor, University of Limerick, IrelandÖzlem Özkanl?, Ankara University, TurkeyHelen Peterson, Uppsala University, SwedenHeidi Prozesky, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

• PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Context; Barbara Bagilhole and Kate White PART II: REFLECTIONS OF WOMEN IN ACADEMIA 2. A Standard Academic Career?; Pat O'Connor 3. Shaping an Academic Belonging: The Interloper Syndrome by Gender and Class; Barbara Bagilhole 4. A Mature Age Student; Jenny Neale 5. A Non-typical Academic Career; Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor 6. An Outsider in Academia; Kate White PART III: THE NEXT GENERATION 7. Careers of Early and Mid-career Academics; Teresa Carvalho, Ozlem Ozkanl?, Heidi Prozesky and Helen Peterson PART IV: EXPLORING GENERATIONAL CHANGE 8. Continuity and Change in Academic Careers; Kate White and Barbara Bagilhole