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Given that women outnumber men as undergraduate and graduate students, we might expect to see increasing trends towards parity of women and men as university leaders. But we don’t.

Although women now comprise 60% of graduates in the European Union, they continue to be under-represented in leadership roles in higher education and make up only a third of researchers across all sectors.

Giving female scholars one-off sums to ‘compensate’ for the pay gap rewards biology rather than merit, argues Joanna Williams.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, has decided to find out whether its fabled grantsmaking process discriminates against African-American scientists.

BME learners rate teaching less positively and may lose out by living at home, Hepi-HEA survey finds.

For the first time, women will hold both of the board’s top leadership positions.

The outcome of the pending Fisher v. Texas Supreme Court case on affirmative action rests on whether the Supreme Court determines that race violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Hepi calls for action on sector’s gender gap to tackle male ‘underachievement’.

By some measures, universities are wonderfully accommodating workplaces for gays and lesbians. Six academics give us their perspective.

At least a few times every semester, I find myself in a discussion with a female student surrounding her confusion and anxiety over whether to start a family, and when. I think that these women are comfortable discussing these issues with me, despite the pervasive assumption that family lives should never be discussed in academia, because I break that rule.

High-profile critic of Prevent has attracted criticism from Jewish student societies over her comments on Israel-Palestine conflict.

This tech recruiter is convinced diversity makes Silicon Valley a landscape of entitled, fragile brats. Here's why he's wrong.

As women claim more space in Shakespeare, why aren’t universities casting against type and dealing with the gender pay gap? asks Liz Schafer.

Documents offer redacted versions of investigation reports and disciplinary actions for cases involving staff that substantiated allegations of misconduct

Faculty and students protest return of professor accused of harassment and assault to campus after a one-term unpaid leave.

Gaining a PhD is a tough act for most students, so how do those with new babies cope while having the additional demands of parenthood?