Staff diversity: socioeconomic background
Former UCL students complain about ‘Eurocentric’ curriculum
A lecturer describes how her university failed to act when she was racially victimised by a student receiving mental health support
Consultation options look to reduce administrative burden of flagship scheme
As in the UK and the US, universities face questions about whether their curricula feature enough non-white voices
Updated settlement ties racial and gender distribution to national shares of population
Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty
Law dean calls Amy Wax’s views ‘repugnant’ but does not answer demands for her removal
New campus after seven years of CMU operations in Rwanda raises hopes, questions of sustainability
Minority institutions wary of big candidate promises to lavish them with support
Provision of teacher residencies and mentoring by universities seen as key to long-term science improvement
Widespread talk of free college may give way to tougher institutional measures, conference hears
FBI views academic collaboration with Chinese institutions as ‘sharing with the enemy’, says attorney for sacked geneticists
The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant’s father
Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds
Daughter of academic immigrants has plenty of history on higher education policies
Solutions from the UK and the US on how to improve diversity in leadership roles
Indiana Seresin accuses universities of focusing on gender equality at expense of racial justice
Survey finds that almost a fifth of LGBT+ researchers in the physical sciences have personally experienced harassment or other exclusionary behaviour
University leaders more likely to have attended Oxford or Cambridge compared with five years ago, but also to have gone to a comprehensive school
Oberlin ordered to pay $44 million (?35 million) after leading discredited boycott
Pretoria’s new vice-chancellor says ‘co-creating’ institutional cultures was critical for a diverse academy
Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment
Impact of massive gifts may be limited if high dropout rates among disadvantaged students cannot be reined in
King’s College London moves opens debate over role of such knowledge in countries without significant Aboriginal populations
Report highlights ‘fear and unease’ among some staff and students who were asked to talk openly about race
Report warns that racism persists in South Africa’s leading university, but it has attracted criticism
Student action shows US colleges far from accepting their slavery-related debts
Ford administration is blind to incompatibility of statistical metrics and quality teaching, academics warn
Experts warn much more left to do to reduce inequality, as male advantage grows at 46 institutions
King’s College London and Aberdeen say they are reviewing honours over new law making gay sex punishable by death
Historically black universities are learning from the success of an institution which did not admit a black student until 1962
For most competitive class ever, Asian Americans claim more than a quarter of seats
New association will seek to tackle class-based barriers prevalent in academia, says chair
Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula
The winner of this year’s Holberg Prize, worth over ?500,000, on career setbacks, changing attitudes and decolonising the curriculum
The Palestinian law professor talks about the overlap with his other job: as a stand-up comedian travelling the world talking about the Arab American experience
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond
Hundreds of students voted against creation of Jewish society on campus
Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds
Admissions officers wrote of favouring ‘brown babies’, campaign group reveals
Television historian on his failed attempt to ‘escape’ being a historian, Churchill’s ‘mixed’ legacy and why we need more black professors
Race-based student performance gap doubles when professors admit doubts about innate abilities
Gradings influenced more by sex and ethnicity than teachers’ experience
Papers with females as senior authors significantly more likely to take account of sex
Unsupportive senior staff and ‘unjust’ promotion practices are major problems reported by black female professors, says equity researcher
Recruiter and ex-Sussex chair Simon Fanshawe aims to tackle biases around gender, ethnicity and university background
Generous philanthropic giving brings significant benefits to US universities but poses leadership challenges too, says ?ngel Cabrera
UMBC’s success in producing black graduates who later earn science doctorates may prove tough to replicate
Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions
University of Helsinki pilots aimed at eradicating unconscious bias in hiring decisions
With Wales’ Coleg Harlech due to be sold this month, Sam Christie reflects on why ‘second-chance colleges’ have failed to thrive given their role in post-industrial communities
As a new report reveals dissatisfaction with mentorship for female researchers, Jack Grove asks where responsibility lies
Legal battle between aboriginal former dean and university could halt institutions’ progress on indigenisation, scholars say
Former Johannesburg vice-chancellor Ihron Rensburg says academics must critically engage with their own assumptions
Major Ucea study finds ethnic minority staff suffer ‘significant pay penalties’ relative to white male staff with equivalent academic backgrounds
Jack Grove asks whether those who lead academic departments and universities can still realistically find the time to be effective researchers
The UK’s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others
Public institutions vow to tackle inequality at conference
Parties must wait for a ruling on affirmative action policies, with a Supreme Court judgment likely years away
Scientific excellence must mean more than ‘how good someone is with a round-bottom flask’, conference hears
