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A recent UNESCO report acknowledges the reservation of university places and teaching posts.

The presence of inequity in the higher education sector is well known, writes prof. em. Richard Heller.

14 “Black and Jewish Unity Dinner” were held across the United States in the 2025 to 2026.

Diversity-aware leadership fosters decisions anchored in inclusion, writes rector Àngels Fitó.

Meritocracy in university leadership has increasingly been constrained, writes Professor Abebaw Y. Adamu.

International education is going through a tumultuous period in the United States, writes Ragh Singh.

The technology is also recognised as creating disparity, writes Eleanor J. Giraud.

Our Vice President Xiaoran Gao attended the Nettverkskonferansen 2026 at NHH – Norwegian School of Economics.

Research shows that sexual harassment incidents are shockingly high, writes Michelle W. T. Cheng.

Tighter controls over the inclusion of “sexual orientation and gender identity” has been strongly criticised.

In an increasingly polarised society, student activism also tends to be more polarised, writes Hans de Wit.

Students from different backgrounds enrich the university community, writes Ignacio Sánchez.

When the US National Institutes of Health cancelled nearly 2300 ongoing research grants last year.

In Nigeria, 70% of female and 30% of male students have experienced at least one form of gender-based violence (GBV).

In the city I come from in Afghanistan, there is not a single female PhD holder. I had hoped to become the first, writes N. Nikan.

European research institutions have long struggled with gender inequalities.