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For centuries, the leadership of universities mirrored the hierarchical and patriarchal structures, writes Min B. Bista.

The post-doctoral student is academically disenfranchised overnight, write Izabella Agardi and Andrea Peto.

But not at professor level, writes Angel Calderon, director at RMIT University, Australia.

The Swedish Association of University Researchers and Teachers (SULF) has raised concerns.
 

Racism is widespread, normalised and structurally embedded across Australia’s university sector.

Only 10% of scientific academies have allocated dedicated budgets to implement them.

Many of the well-intentioned initiatives are failing the very people they aim to help, writes Thais França.

Today, the European Commission announced the winners of the fourth edition of the EU Award. 

India’s higher education regulator, the University Grants Commission, has issued new regulations.

Sioux McKenna writes about the systematic assault on American higher education.

Universities spend a great deal of time talking about international diversity, writes Louise Nicol.

Commission will test lotteries to award funds when proposal quality scores are equal. 

Higher education plays a fundamental role, write Rodríguez-Ponce, Durán and Sánchez.

Women leaders in science face deep-rooted gender-based societal barriers. 

A political controversy over the highly sensitive issue of racial discrimination has erupted in Malaysia.

The role of mentoring has traditionally been part of the relationship between teachers and their students.