Staff diversity: sex and gender
Caring duties and environmental responsibility do not signify a lack of commitment to scholarship, says Danielle George
Percentage of BAME and female professors has gone up but ＆there is still a long way to go＊, Advance HE report shows
Athena SWAN recognition extended to 13 more Australian institutions
Jill Liddington＊s research into Anne Lister＊s diaries inspired the television series Gentleman Jack. John Morgan speaks to her about making a difference locally and the lost tradition of extramural university teaching
Failure to improve diversity risks ＆marginalising the impact and credibility of universities in an increasingly diverse world＊, Leru warns
University to pay $4.5 million (?3.7 million) and pursue further actions against culpable officials
Decline in female representation reported at four in 10 institutions covered by study
Former PM＊s institute and Nobel laureate＊s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership
Women paid significantly less than men even when they are in the same role, conference hears
Study inside French science agency shows effects of both explicit and implicit beliefs
Increasing number of female evaluators on committees could put more emphasis on long-term outcomes, says researcher
Australian team harnesses data to inject equity into conference programmes
Gap in acceptance rates for major European conferences entirely down to behaviour of male referees
Consultation options look to reduce administrative burden of flagship scheme
Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex
Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures
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
Marking down fellowship applicants for being unwilling to move institutions can be deeply unfair, say Trisha Greenhalgh and Ed Hawkins
Evolutionary processes are slow, but University of Oxford research shows the scheme is improving gender equality, says Pavel Ovseiko
Justine Pila describes how men co-opt women in their academic agendas
Nesta finds proportion of female AI researchers was higher in the mid-1990s 每 although universities fare better than tech firms
In today＊s political and psychological climate, teaching some liberal arts standards has become an abyss to avoid, says Crispin Sartwell
Facilitated meetings can encourage early admissions of guilt from perpetrators and provide recognition of victims＊ experiences, says Clare McGlynn
Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds
Study backs up earlier findings that women are less likely to ask questions at conferences, even when they are in majority 每 but that raising awareness of the issue can have a big impact
Survey finds that almost a fifth of LGBT+ researchers in the physical sciences have personally experienced harassment or other exclusionary behaviour
Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership
Jessica Wade tells THE summit that younger institutions can create better equality policies from scratch
Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment
Projects for tackling gender equality in Indian higher education must be extended to the whole system, says Antara Sengupta
Academics call for development of clear policies on misconduct, and lifetime bans for offenders
Judge says that salaries paid to Catherine Freyd＊s colleagues reflect departmental roles and retention raises
Australian university agrees to ＆further change＊ at residential colleges
The adoption of an Athena SWAN-style initiative is undermined by a failure to meaningfully consult Indigenous Peoples, say Karen Lawford and Jamie Lundine
Experiment that saw students take tests in temperatures ranging from 16?C to 33?C finds men appear to score highest in the cold
The new president of the Royal Economic Society on the need for economists to be more engaging and why being a woman is an advantage in the field
More needs to be done to encourage women into technology and engineering at school, say observers
New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ＆scientific sabotage＊ in Dutch universities 每 with women particularly affected
University promises study of how former vice-provost＊s behaviour persisted for so long
Experts debate merits of approaches including across-the-board rises for women and the longer, harder challenge of changing cultures
Emma Rees celebrates a new generation of online feminist campaigners
New policy would allow for removal of members following two-thirds vote of governing council
At the University of Iceland, female students outnumber men by two to one. But among professors, the ratio is the reverse
Request a Woman Scientist holds the details of more than 8,000 experts, but journalists and event organisers are still relying on old sources who are male and pale, group leader warns
The world＊s most gender equal universities, according to THE data, cite data-informed recruitment methods as a key factor in their success
Emma Dabiri＊s research uncovers the ways that our immediate reactions to people are still underpinned by the ideologies of ＆scientific racism＊
Current remedies are not enough. Publishers, editors and referees must do more to eliminate lurking biases, say Melinda Duer and Athene Donald
Bias would be reduced if grant applicants＊ capabilities were considered only after assessment of their anonymised proposals, says David Sanders
With public angered by bid to boost accused, Republicans take to sidelines
The Turner prizewinning artist on being part of the UK＊s Black Art movement and promoting the contributions of women
Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests
The Open University cancels prison reform conference after pressure from militant feminist groups over organiser＊s advice on transgender prisoners
Lucy Cavendish College to go co-educational and abolish its minimum entry age of 21
Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows no progress in number of women leading highest-ranked institutions
On International Women＊s Day, Jocalyn Clark and Imogen Coe ask why universities have been so slow to adopt meaningful change to improve gender representation
Male voices are over-represented in our pages. We know that we have more to do to better reflect all those in the sector, but we need women＊s help
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
Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says
US study suggests hiring panels may offer worse terms to female scientists seeking jobs at their partner＊s institution than to equally qualified solo candidates
