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Social background as a challenge for doctoral education

EUA Council for Doctoral Education

20 June 2022

In order to better support first-generation academics, it is important to deal with the particular hurdles that many of them face on their academic career path.

Scientists from minority groups are disadvantaged in STEM

Science

14 June 2022

Interactions with work colleagues can be challenging for anyone to navigate. But they’re more difficult for some than others.

Editorial: Diversity in science prizes: why is progress so slow?

Nature

14 June 2022

Many prize-givers still don’t publish details of nominations – a key step towards ensuring that awards are fair and unbiased.

What cancel culture? Most students happy with freedom of speech

Times Higher Education

8 June 2022

Major survey finds most UK undergraduates hear wide variety of opinions shared on campus and share their views freely.

A new Horizon Europe project

NKC Gender & science

5 June 2022

GENDERACTIONplus: A new Horizon Europe project to advance gender equality in the European Research Area.

How should Western universities combat caste discrimination?

Times Higher Education

29 May 2022

Caste-focused policies spark disagreement on ‘difficult to pin down’ problem.

Princeton fires professor critical of racial equity efforts

Times Higher Education

24 May 2022

Joshua Katz dismissed after renewed probe of sexual misconduct case.

Female scientists less likely to win prizes named after men

Times Higher Education

24 May 2022

Survey of more than 9,000 prizewinners reiterates ‘urgent’ need to tackle gender representation, authors say .

‘Missing out’ on maternity provision

Times Higher Education

24 May 2022

Women on fixed-term contracts in Russell Group universities less likely to return to work after maternity leave than permanent peers.

Ten ways universities can tackle gender inequality

Times Higher Education

21 May 2022

Ellie Bothwell outlines recommendations from THE’s recent report on how universities around the world are performing on gender equality.

Gender Equality: How global universities are performing – part 2

Times Higher Education

21 May 2022

Our data-led report reveals the extent to which higher education institutions across the globe are contributing to gender equality and provides recommendation.

Canada tries no-male job hunts to boost university equality

Times Higher Education

12 May 2022

Government’s major research funders set hard deadline of 2029 for fair distribution of major federal science grant money and see gender exclusion as smart pathway.

End of affirmative action badly hit medical student diversity

Times Higher Education

3 May 2022

Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions.

For gender pay equality, universities must let social scientists see the data

Times Higher Education

27 April 2022

A mixture of privacy concerns and managerialism prevents universities from making good use of their research expertise.

US universities used recruitment tool ‘to target white students’

Times Higher Education

26 April 2022

Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists.

Women-only universities ‘fill inclusion gaps’ left elsewhere

Times Higher Education

26 April 2022

But co-author of Unesco report says need for them could wane with better inclusion elsewhere .

Social background as a challenge for doctoral education

Scientists from minority groups are disadvantaged in STEM

Editorial: Diversity in science prizes: why is progress so slow?

What cancel culture? Most students happy with freedom of speech

A new Horizon Europe project

How should Western universities combat caste discrimination?

Princeton fires professor critical of racial equity efforts

Female scientists less likely to win prizes named after men

‘Missing out’ on maternity provision

Ten ways universities can tackle gender inequality

Gender Equality: How global universities are performing – part 2

Canada tries no-male job hunts to boost university equality

End of affirmative action badly hit medical student diversity

For gender pay equality, universities must let social scientists see the data

US universities used recruitment tool ‘to target white students’

Women-only universities ‘fill inclusion gaps’ left elsewhere

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