The heat is on: female students perform better in warm exam rooms
Times Higher Education
Experiment that saw students take tests in temperatures ranging from 16ºC to 33ºC finds men appear to score highest in the cold.
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London university develops ‘Indigenous-led’ teaching and research
Times Higher Education
King’s College London moves opens debate over role of such knowledge in countries without significant Aboriginal populations.
Twitter responses show sexual harassment is rife at academic conferences
Times Higher Education
Female academics on Twitter have exposed the shocking abuse they endured at academic meet-ups, observes Sara Custer.
India student gender gap at top universities ‘highest in world’
Times Higher Education
More needs to be done to encourage women into technology and engineering at school, say observers.
Netherlands and Germany ‘most supportive’ of internationalisation
Times Higher Education
British Council research warns that Brexit ‘may affect future international engagement’ of the UK.
2019 EU Prize for Women Innovators
European Commission
Commission awards four outstanding entrepreneurs.
Malaysia debates future of race-based admissions quota
Times Higher Education
Experts question government decision to continue reserving 90 per cent of pre-university programme places to Malay majority.
To close the student attainment gap universities must lead by example
Times Higher Education
The sector needs to share its successes and its failures to make progress, says Janet Beer.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities
Universities UK
An attainment gap between students of different ethnicities exists at the vast majority of universities, and this report explains what the attainment gap looks like.
Lack of role models ‘key cause’ of ethnic minority attainment gap
Times Higher Education
Report highlights ‘fear and unease’ among some staff and students who were asked to talk openly about race.
US science academy moves to expel sexual harassment perpetrators
Times Higher Education
New policy would allow for removal of members following two-thirds vote of governing council.
The missing men: Iceland struggles with campus deficit
Times Higher Education
At the University of Iceland, female students outnumber men by two to one. But among professors, the ratio is the reverse.
‘Foolish and Dangerous Attraction’ or Harassment
Inside Higher Ed
If a professor is barred from hitting on a student, is it OK the moment she becomes a former student?
Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image
BBC
A 29-year-old computer scientist has earned plaudits worldwide for helping develop the algorithm that created the first-ever image of a black hole.
Gender pay gap: UK universities report slow progress
Times Higher Education
Experts warn much more left to do to reduce inequality, as male advantage grows at 46 institutions.
Academic minute podcast: Race as a social construct
Inside Higher Ed
Raritan Valley Community College's Karen Gaffney discuss how race as a biological construct has flourished.