Staff diversity: sex and gender
Texas higher education commissioner expresses concern about male graduate and enrolment rates
Institutions that do not meet standards in areas such as gender may be ineligible for grants
Hypermasculine men may be more likely to take part in trials, misrepresenting the male population, scientists warn
Hollywood and Westminster have been rocked by tales of sexual assault and abuse. Is academia similarly plagued by misuse of power and sexual misconduct? Five scholars offer their views
Elizabeth Cannon on why Canada's HE sector still has some work to do to achieve true diversity, and how universities are approaching this problem
Effigy of Berkeley professor Judith Butler burned outside S?o Paulo conference
Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor
Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates
Four other women continue legal action against Irish university
Penn teaching assistant claims she is 'under attack' for calling on historically marginalised groups first
Kate Sang on how fear of embarrassment and perceived lack of professionalism are impacting academics' lives
Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected
Obama-era overreaction to HE ‘rape culture’ obstructed justice
Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks
How one Nobel winner instilled belief in Erika Mancini
UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at 探花视频 forum
Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards
Greater efforts must be made to ensure women aren’t overlooked – and to redress past failings, says Janet Shibley Hyde
Despite their scientific achievements, women account for only 5% of Nobel prize-winners. It diminishes them – and the award, says John Gill
Figures from Education at a Glance show that only in Spain and Estonia can women expect a bigger financial return from university than men
Many researchers also ‘harbour unrealistic expectations’ about academic careers
The whole Science and Technology Committee should be disbanded, and the process of establishing it restarted, says Dame Athene Donald
Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows gender gap for top jobs has narrowed further
Researchers argue that national data provides a powerful call to action
National survey finds that one in 10 female students have been attacked in past two years
New report calls for Athena SWAN awards to be rolled out in India
Treatment of engineering scholars seen as sign of hostile ‘prove it again’ attitude
On International Women in Engineering Day, Alice Larkin decries the slow progress on improving gender balance in her discipline
Higher education could learn a lot from the arts sector about recruiting senior women. Part-time roles and job-shares could be game-changers, says Joanna Read
Belgian institution says message was ‘contrary’ to university’s values following outcry on social media
New data show proportion of professors who are women has declined at some institutions
Striking visual display in King’s College London corridor symbolises how higher education is taking professorial problem seriously
Say Burgin says that universities lack the will to make the changes needed to tackle inequality
Wilfrid Laurier University is latest institution to address male and female professor wage gap
Despite the economic downturn following the last recession, a real-terms fall in pay at UK universities since 2010-11 was still surprising, writes Simon Baker
THE analysis of Hesa data also shows that gender pay gap for professors remains stubborn
While not all student-supervisor relationships end in disaster, permitting them infringes women’s right to education, participation and a safe work environment, say five female academics
Our annual analysis shows that academic pay is still falling in real terms and that equality is still an issue with regard to gender and ethnicity
US study suggests women perform more ‘service’ work in universities
Jessa Rogers looks at the disappointing picture for Indigenous scholars in the academy
Female-authored papers up to three times more readable but published half a year later
Harvey Mudd head explains how elite college became ‘poster child’ for diversity
Equality Challenge Unit study details how ethnicity and sexuality hold back female researchers
Research shows that women perform better than men on four out of five traits of effective leaders, says ?yvind Martinsen
Facebook pioneer discusses improving diversity in tech industry and universities
Emma Gee found passion and bravery lacking at a campus IWD event
Elsevier report highlights countries and subjects where gender equality is improving the most
Yusra Mouzughi believes that ‘international’ women in universities should be celebrating their cultural differences
Institutions with ideas for promoting gender equality should not keep them to themselves, says Kate Williams
Neglected works set to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Rivka Isaacson on her meeting with British crystallographer Olga Kennard, one of five female structural biologists whose portraits are in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection
To mark International Women’s Day, academics and administrators reflect on leadership challenges
Warwick seminar hears German and Swiss universities lead the way on support for partners
Analysis of deans shows women are less likely to be rehired than men
Duke University’s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ‘intentional’ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates
LGBT History Month highlights changing attitudes on campus, says Mark Peel
Latest Hesa data throw spotlight on disciplines most at risk from flight of EU talent from UK
Valuing competitiveness over caution, lingering sexism and 'gender blindness' hold back women in physics, study says
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
Female academics’ feedback on issues such as ‘acceptable’ norms reveals a sector far from its ideals, say Laurie Cohen and Jo Duberley
