How Paul Gilroy became the most vital guide to our age of crisis
The Guardian
One of Britain’s most influential scholars has spent a lifetime trying to convince people to take race and racism seriously. Are we finally ready to listen?
News from other media
Prioritise women for research funding, Chinese universities told
Times Higher Education
Policy revamp aims to tackle gender inequality.
Economics ‘standing still or going backwards’ on diversity in UK
Times Higher Education
Decline in female representation at undergraduate and master's level is cause for concern, says Royal Economic Society.
Opinion: Sexism and Sexual Harassment in Danish Academia
Forskningspolitikk
Many Danes believe that the battle for gender equality has been won, writes Ea Høg Utoft, Aarhus BSS.
Affiliation bias in peer review favours male authors – study
Times Higher Education
Male academics assessed more highly if they work at a top-ranked university but same bias does not materialise for female scholars.
National Institutes of Health axes 75 grants over harassment
Times Higher Education
Tally of cases since 2018 largely stems from anonymous hotline and mostly involves sexual misconduct.
Asia Summit: ‘penalty systems’ and ‘male allies’ address gender gap
Times Higher Education
Covid has only widened gender inequalities among researchers, data show.
Women of Ideas: Interviews from Philosophy Bites
Times Higher Education
Rebecca Buxton is thrilled by a rich and accessible collection that challenges the age-old assumption of male-dominated philosophy.
Gender pay gap ‘starts in student wage expectations’
Times Higher Education
Study of Swiss students finds men and women overestimate their graduate earnings, but men do it more significantly.
Virginia Military Institute found to harbour deep racism
Times Higher Education
Love for Confederacy permeates oldest state-funded military college in the US, investigation concludes.
Professor accused of aiding sexually abusive PhD student
Times Higher Education
Attacker got help with doctoral degree while victim was told to find new career, she claims.
The winners of the ODA Awards 2021
ODA-Nettverk
ODA-Nettverk annually selects Norway’s leading role models for gender equality in the technology industry.
National Academy of Sciences votes in new class with gender equity
Times Higher Education
Women gain milestone at prestigious science body although racial divide remains wide.
Gender parity in astronomy ‘impossible without intervention’
Times Higher Education
Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on making the ‘disordered cosmos’ add up
Times Higher Education
‘The first Black woman on the tenure track in theoretical cosmology’ tells Matthew Reisz about her struggles.
Most diversity work is not working and students are paying the price
Times Higher Education
Drawing on her experiences all the way from Iran to California, Pardis Mahdavi explains how we can and must do better.