Lucy Cavendish College to go co-educational and abolish its minimum entry age of 21.

Women are still underrepresented in leadership positions in universities – this has to change, Chris Skidmore writes.

The number of women with a career in research is slowly growing in Europe. Still, they remain significantly underrepresented.

Member universities would be unable to fill 60,000 jobs from abroad, and face increased costs too, says report.

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows no progress in number of women leading highest-ranked institutions.

Jocalyn Clark and Imogen Coe ask why universities have been so slow to adopt meaningful change to improve gender representation.

Life as an early career researcher is hard, but when you add being working class into the mix, the obstacles are almost insurmountable, writes an anonymous academic.

A student’s mysterious accusation of racism saw P. K. Newby removed from her course – and another woman lost from the leaky pipeline

‘Why is being incredibly successful a problem?’ asks Universities Australia chair Margaret Gardner.

Adam Tickell acknowledges university has ‘failed’ staff and students in the past but says improving well-being is his top priority.

Unfortunately, many people still have backward ideas about the ability of women to succeed in academe after having children, writes Terri E. Givens.

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.

Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds.

UK universities must begin by assessing their recruitment strategies and interviewing processes, says Roshan Doug.

Impostor syndrome: two-thirds of female scholars suffer badly.

Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer.

The 21st-century labour market will increasingly want well-rounded freethinkers – the very thing that courses such as Western civilisation develop, says Daniel Hutto.

Switching to a six-point scale in surveys eliminates perceived gap in teaching performance, study finds.