Examining equality among editors
Nature Middle East
A detailed analysis of publishing data sheds light on gender imbalances among academic journal editors and the extent to which editors publish their own work.
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Damning report details antisemitism within NUS
Times Higher Education
Incidents including a student leader using the words ‘the final solution’ left Jewish students feeling like ‘pariahs’ within the UK student body.
Rice, with path-breaking leader, eyes new directions
Times Higher Education
Haitian-born DesRoches aims to grow enrolment and diversity, boost research and create new global footprint.
Hidden stories in Indonesian names
Times Higher Education
Rosemary Bai shares knowledge about the Indonesian naming system, encouraging higher education institutions and staff to be aware of its uniqueness.
Intersectionality is the only way to nurture academics of colour
Times Higher Education
Finding the blind spots in EDI efforts will more effectively support academics sitting at the intersection of minority identities. Here are three places to start.
Brand new toolbox for better gender balance in academia
Gemini
What should leaders in academia do to improve their gender balance? A new toolbox will help answer that.
Race equality ranking planned to shake up sector’s slow progress
Times Higher Education
University leader compiles data to ‘point the finger’ at institutions still lagging behind equality commitments.
Editor quits over ‘ultimatum’ to add female author to collection
Times Higher Education
LSE historian accuses journal of ‘compromising intellectual quality in favour of identity politics’.
Equal Pay Day 2022: what is the gender pay gap at my university?
Times Higher Education
Analysis reveals which UK universities have the widest gender pay gaps.
Germany’s female professors fund targets smaller universities
Times Higher Education
Fourth edition of ‘very effective’ programme will look more closely at recruitment processes and science disciplines.
Women outnumber men on UK PhDs for first time
Times Higher Education
Data hint at progress in ‘improving the pipeline’ of female researchers.
World ‘going backwards’ on equal access to higher education
Times Higher Education
Universities told to spend 5 per cent of total income on equality programmes after report finds UN 2030 goal ‘highly unlikely’ to be met.
Discussions about equality, diversity and inclusion
MINDtheGEPs
The Open Forum series invites MINDtheGEPs members as well as the public to listen to experienced keynote presenters.
Polarised Brazil debates future of racial quotas at public universities
Times Higher Education
Decade-old policy has dramatically changed the make-up of institutions, but critics claim it is unfair and unconstitutional.
Blog: Measuring the toll of COVID-19 on academic parents
LSE Impact Blog
Roxanna Nasseri Pebdani, shows how academic parents and especially mothers, have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
Scholars from certain countries face ‘quiet discrimination’
Times Higher Education
General distrust of academics from Iran, China and Russia is likely to grow in step with tensions unless campus discussions tackle suspicions, expert says.