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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?

Book of the week: With people vulnerable to bias, lack of diversity might be better tackled at organisational level, Victoria Bateman says.

The share of women in management or governor roles has steadily increased over the past two years, analysis shows.

Fewer than half of academies have policies in place to boost gender equality in membership.

The Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research is participating in a new advocacy platform intended to promote among for example gender perspectives in the EU research programme Horizon 2020.

Male students assumed their male classmates knew more about course material than female students — even if the young women earned better grades.

Women Also Know Stuff. Does that sound obvious? It’s not, alas. We’re a group of political scientists who started that website when, as we consumed media reports on politics, we noted a gaping absence of … well, women.

A groundbreaking study identifies significant disparities in life chances among UK students.