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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

51³Ô¹Ï 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

Academics should not be afraid to challenge the wisdom of requiring institutions to make financial amends for their past links to slavery, says Robert Dingwall

If he had chosen to pursue the biggest factor in Harvard¡¯s admissions discrimination ¨C preferences for the white and wealthy ¨C Michael Wang would have faced obstacles from alumni and the law alike

Win or lose, Harvard may need to ask whether pursuing its affirmative action case all the way to the Supreme Court is in the best overall interest of US higher education

Lawsuit by an Asian-American student challenging rejection reveals white students, not black applicants, to be the advantaged party

Royal Historical Society report warns dynamism of discipline risks being stifled by lack of diversity

Claims that the UK¡¯s counterterrorism strategy targets Muslims and harms free speech are ¡®nonsense¡¯, says Prevent coordinator Chris Sybenga

Report says non-white students will represent 73 per cent of undergraduates by end of next decade

Senior leaders must lead the charge in changing higher education¡¯s structural disadvantages for black and minority ethnic staff and students, say Kalwant Bhopal and Sally Hunt

Conservative anger at initiatives to make campuses more inclusive to minority students is misplaced, say Kevin Singer, Laura Dahl, Matthew J. Mayhew and Alyssa N. Rockenbach

¡®People who have been around at a university for a while assume they know everything¡­but actually they need to be educated themselves,¡¯ says project leader

Results of Social Mobility Employer Index suggests dominance of Russell Group is being slowly eroded

Experts see shift towards international approach in granting of greater autonomy to handful of leading universities

Removal of guidelines on affirmative action and retirement of Supreme Court justice could ¡®set the stage for future challenges¡¯ to university admission policies

Independent study will examine why more institutions have not joined initiative

Open prejudice against his sexuality has seen the career of one academic slowly wither

The former gay porn star turned academic on what lecturers can learn from the adult entertainment industry

Schemes asking us to transform our workplaces in the name of equality, diversity and inclusivity are failing. It¡¯s time to hold our institutions to account, says Rebecca Harrison

Women and their clothing are scrutinised more closely because men are seen as the norm in academia. Emma Rees considers the codes at play in what is supposedly a radical space

The ¡®leaky pipeline¡¯ metaphor for the lack of women at senior levels of academia can demotivate those whose professional paths meander, says Aileen Fyfe

Elizabeth Cannon on why Canada's HE sector still has some work to do to achieve true diversity, and how universities are approaching this problem

Universities must go well beyond boilerplate statements about being a 'welcoming environment' if they really want to treat all their students equally, says Sarah Kollat

To mark International Women¡¯s Day, academics and administrators reflect on leadership challenges

Duke University¡¯s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ¡®intentional¡¯ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates

Rachel Moss on why academic women might find maternity leave a sometimes challenging experience

By some measures, universities are wonderfully accommodating workplaces for gays and lesbians. Six academics give us their perspective

Kieran Fenby-Hulse asks whether being gay limits opportunities for researchers