Asian universities contend with their #MeToo moment
Times Higher Education
Social media posts by students at home and abroad push universities to address harassment and assault.
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One in five female students on top US campuses sexually assaulted
Times Higher Education
Rate four times higher among women than men, and rising overall since initial 2015 survey.
Black and minority ethnic academics less likely to hold top jobs at UK universities
The Conversation
Universities remain dominated by those from white, middle-class backgrounds, writes Professor Kalwant Bhopal.
Award Nobels to teams, not individual ‘heroes’, say scientists
Times Higher Education
Scholars say group awards would place focus on discovery itself and help to mitigate bias.
Two-thirds of UK universities bring in sexual consent training – report
The Guardian
Universities UK welcomes findings but says more work needed to prevent racial harassment.
Topic choice harms black scientists seeking US research funding
Times Higher Education
Finding illuminates US health agency’s overall avoidance of human-centred research.
‘More women are being nominated’
Nature
Ahead of this year’s award announcements, Göran Hansson speaks about measures to address the imbalance in gender and ethnicity among winners.
Brazilian HE’s huge progress on racial equality is under threat
Times Higher Education
President Bolsonaro’s education cuts and opposition to racial quotas will hit current policies, says Marry Ferreira.
Women Scientists Were Written Out of History
Smithsonian.com
The historian Margaret Rossiter has devoted her career to bringing to light the ingenious accomplishments of those who have been forgotten.
In the attack on experts, gender studies is often the first target
Times Higher Education
Gender studies is becoming a dangerous field in Latin America and Europe. This has implications for the fight for gender equality everywhere, says Sally Gimson.
Europe’s top universities mull unconscious bias training for staff
Times Higher Education
Failure to improve diversity risks ‘marginalising the impact and credibility of universities in an increasingly diverse world’, Leru warns.
UK universities losing ground on employability to rest of Europe
Times Higher Education
First data from graduate employability survey suggest surge in reputation for continental institutions.
Sexual harassment in Ukrainian universities must be tackled
Times Higher Education
Free of Communist-era secretiveness, the new president might be willing to tackle abuses of power on campus, says Ararat Osipian.
Research intelligence: women rewrite the publication ‘rules’
Times Higher Education
Oxford professor’s response to male scholar’s guide to publication considers gendered nature of research career advice.
MIT Media Lab director quits over ‘hidden ties to Epstein’
Times Higher Education
Joi Ito alleged to have made extensive efforts to hide millions of dollars donated by sexual abuser.
Gender pay gap for UK economists ‘unchanged in 20 years’
Times Higher Education
Women paid significantly less than men even when they are in the same role, conference hears.