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Minister aims to bring academia in line with other regulated professions after outcry over harassment within universities

More than half of higher education institutions failed to improve gender pay equity last year

Even successful applications lack specificity and ambition, ignoring universities’ own data about where problems and strengths lie, says Pat O’Connor

Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist

Little enthusiasm for US-style crackdown as voters back initiatives such as ‘broadening the curriculum’

The three-month pause to re-examine the assessment of ‘people, culture and environment’ could prelude a welcome reversal, says Alice Sullivan

Calls for regulator action as no universities voluntarily sign up to scheme that aims to prevent ‘passing the perpetrator’

Incoming McMaster head Susan Tighe says record number of women at the top represents ‘important change’

Would-be female leaders ‘not disadvantaged by process itself’ but reluctant to put themselves forward, according to researchers

Female-only recruitment ‘part of the solution’ for male-dominated profession facing workforce ‘crisis’

Long-running initiatives that aim to tackle issue not working, say experts, with change in approach needed

Address early career ‘glass door’ as well as promotion glass ceiling, policymakers urged

Being odd one out from a celebrated merger makes it ‘easier to differentiate’, while conferring the ‘mantle of seniority’, says vice-chancellor

Research ethics and events management processes can stifle debate and restrict academic freedom, claims government-commissioned paper

When student complaints were made against a high-achieving female scientist, her institution launched a one-man inquiry that found her blameworthy merely ‘for doing my job’, she writes: a ‘textbook case of institutional gaslighting’ that was a betrayal of scientific standards

University that previously said it did ‘not wish to prevent liaisons’ introduces new rules ahead of regulatory changes

Backlash inevitable as use of single-sex spaces is restricted but Supreme Court ruling has shifted institutions’ role, says equality expert

Blurred line between staff and students could leave postgraduate researchers at greater risk

Upcoming restructure of New Zealand’s research organisations opportunity to resolve salary disparities, Kiwi scientists say

Turkish academic says women who ‘share their core values visibly’ face ‘invisible barriers’, as she recounts experience of studying in both Istanbul and London

Judge rules against Adult Human Female filmmakers who sued union over harassment claims

Adelaide University names incoming vice-chancellor as Auckland’s Dawn Freshwater announces her departure

University accused of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to recent rulings, amid fears of more ‘massive fines’

English universities pushing to show they are serious about tackling sexual misconduct ahead of new regulatory requirements but experts say efforts still ‘patchy’

An internationally supported online institution could give hope to the country’s young women, now confined to their homes, says an Afghan scholar

OfS’ free speech director tells institutions to ensure they are meeting ‘regulatory obligations’ after Sussex fine

Government told it can ‘no longer ignore’ growing gender educational attainment gap

‘Default target’ of sex questions should be sex at birth, with ‘male’ and ‘female’ the possible answers, says government-commissioned review

Tropical disease researcher and parliamentarian Lauren Sullivan talks about difficulties of returning to the lab after a career break, juggling family, science and politics, and why Dundee’s life science sector must be supported

Adult Human Female directors Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne claim union treated them unfairly in wake of cancelled Edinburgh showings

Recording gender identity but not sex perpetuates historical exclusion of women from research, paper argues

The marine biologist and new University of Melbourne vice-chancellor is intent on using insights from beneath the waves to keep her institution afloat through the brewing storms

Study finds evidence of ‘modest’ bias among reviewers covering race and gender

Number of female university leaders reaches record high, with Switzerland seeing biggest growth

Neeli Bendapudi on being an outsider and a trailblazer, students as customers and nurturing the world’s largest alumni network 

OIA says sexual misconduct investigations too often marred by delays and poor communication

Two dozen academics join ‘mainstream’ call for a health check on youth gender treatment

Data centre mogul Robin Khuda seeks ‘cohort effect’ with largest-ever gift to Australia’s oldest university

Regulator yet to conclude investigation into philosopher’s departure from Sussex despite renewed focus on free speech issues

Provocative paper claims boycott of feminist title left early career scholars high and dry while others profited from ‘moral entrepreneurship’

‘Institutions think that they can just get away with it,’ conference focused on efforts to tackle campus sexual misconduct hears

Researcher questions whether ‘care obfuscation’ is the answer to mums’ sense of exclusion

Comments from the country’s new ministers have raised concerns about the future of women’s role in education and public positions 

Traditional progression metrics and unbalanced governing bodies holding female academics back, say experts

While some women may not feel safe with numbers, according to stereotype, Katie Buchhorn uses numbers to help keep women safe

Governors representing multiple protected characteristics could mean only a ‘small number of individuals’ are responsible for boosting boards’ diversity figures

Attorney general says bill will create a ‘powerful, independent voice’ to protect students from sexual violence

Incoming president has pledged to ‘terminate’ federal protections for alleged victims of sexual abuse on campus

Female higher education enrolment on the rise in parts of Asia but richer countries least diverse in terms of academics

Single-sex colleges provide safe space for women but may be financially unviable as enrolments decline

Welsh regulator’s perceived failure to follow English sector lead on preventing misconduct seen as contributing to ‘patchy’ protections

Promote teamwork to improve gender equity, Australian analysis suggests

Tutorial system monopolised by ‘domineering’ male students and focus on final-year examinations seen as disadvantaging women

Framework for UK health funders will require applicants to explain how they will consider and distinguish sex and gender in their work

The rules should quash the idea that a formal investigation is the only way to take action on disclosures or rumours of abuse by staff, says Anna Bull

Regulator will ask students about their experience of sexual misconduct within higher education institutions following a pilot survey in July

Gender-critical professor says Dandridge report is another sign that campus free speech legislation is needed

Monash vice-chancellor discusses universities' progress on preventing gender-based abuse and the 'flattening effect' on internationalisation 

Dartmouth College president discusses seeking criticism, prioritising mental health and getting more women into engineering

Female students and academics shocked to find doctored images of them shared on chat rooms, often created by fellow students