Sussex v-c: ‘dramatic change’ needed to tackle bullying culture
Times Higher Education
Adam Tickell acknowledges university has ‘failed’ staff and students in the past but says improving well-being is his top priority.
Australian universities ‘should not apologise’ for foreign recruitment
Times Higher Education
‘Why is being incredibly successful a problem?’ asks Universities Australia chair Margaret Gardner.
The Pregnancy Penalty
Inside Higher Ed
Unfortunately, many people still have backward ideas about the ability of women to succeed in academe after having children, writes Terri E. Givens.
Trailing spouse academics ‘face pay discrimination’
Times Higher Education
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.
‘Alarming’ insularity of German university leaders revealed
Times Higher Education
Many presidents have pursued their careers just at one institution, raising questions about management skills, report finds.
Impostor syndrome: two-thirds of female scholars suffer badly
Times Higher Education
Impostor syndrome: two-thirds of female scholars suffer badly.
Recruitment strategies are failing academics from ethnic minorities
Times Higher Education
UK universities must begin by assessing their recruitment strategies and interviewing processes, says Roshan Doug.
Threatened scholars: online harassment risks academic freedom
Times Higher Education
Rebekah Tromble and Patricia Rossini feared for their safety when the conservative online world turned against them last summer.
Critical thinkers honed in the liberal arts are in sharp demand
Times Higher Education
The 21st-century labour market will increasingly want well-rounded freethinkers – the very thing that courses such as Western civilisation develop, says Daniel Hutto.
‘Perfect 10’ wariness reveals gender bias in student evaluations
Times Higher Education
Switching to a six-point scale in surveys eliminates perceived gap in teaching performance, study finds.
Australian universities trial ‘respectful relationships’ training
Times Higher Education
The online training is a response to growing concerns about sexual abuse on campuses.
President's Book, Blackface and Campus Culture
Inside Higher Ed
Leader of a Canadian university upsets some students and professors with analysis of blackface incidents in higher education.
Foreign academics ‘less likely’ to speak up for academic freedom
Times Higher Education
Scholar warns that rising numbers of international university staff in Singapore could ‘make the academy more conservative’.
Black female academics in UK ‘face pervasive bullying’
Times Higher Education
Unsupportive senior staff and ‘unjust’ promotion practices are major problems reported by black female professors, says equity researcher
Black female professors must deal with bullying to win promotion
The Guardian
Those surveyed said they were systematically overlooked for promotion and mistaken for clerical staff.
Universities must do more to tackle ethnic disparity
Gov.uk
The Government has launched measures to drive change in tackling inequalities between ethnic groups in higher education.