Staff diversity: sex and gender
Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report
Student groups condemn institution’s denials and call for ‘student-run’ body to look into sexual harassment on campus
Private Orthodox institution acts after US Supreme Court upholds state court recognition order that’s likely to be reversed later
The toxic dispute over the rights of transgender people and how freely these matters should be discussed remains academia’s most divisive issue. Laura Favaro explains what she learned from speaking to both sides
At campus steeped in scandal, trustees fault Stanley over sexual misconduct reporting procedures, but faculty and students help him fight back
World-first study highlights need for clear sexual harassment policies, suggesting that men became more wary of collaborating with female colleagues
Everyday researchers must be promoted equitably and star researchers must be hired equitably, New Zealand study finds
University report alleges students were charged extra fees in dentistry school, but faculty see racial politics and retaliation over whistleblowing
A cultural shift is needed, according to the vice-chancellor of Cardiff Met
Chapters’ severing of campus affiliation predicted to show US sector’s reluctance to challenge ‘Greek life’ abuses
Japan ranks low for gender equality and Japanese women have long complained that the domestic demands on them, combined with universities’ unwillingness to compensate for them, make academic careers very difficult to pursue. But are things starting to change? Pola Lem reports from Tokyo
Experts say well-researched tools will be needed to draw more young men into medicine, psychology, dentistry and veterinary studies
University hopes to build more diverse faculty by enriching PhD process with skills typically acquired in prolonged postdoc slog
In some countries, male researchers’ article output appears to have been more adversely affected, according to new study
The academic and civil rights crusader talks about a mother who showed her how to stand up for herself and for others
Just 20 years after their very existence was uncertain, LGBTQ campus leaders now writing the book on how to learn from their personal schools of hard knocks
Judicial leader of campaign to end abortion rights abandons constitutional law seminar at George Washington University
Decade-long study of scientists’ output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics to tackle gender and race inequalities fail
Safety concerns lead top research university to cancel lecture on sex and gender, drawing criticism from research minister
Rebecca Blank, who was until recently head of Wisconsin’s flagship campus, to return to state to fight aggressive form of disease
The president of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro discusses budget cuts and encouraging interdisciplinarity
Male students at university in Iceland tended to rate their female teachers lower than male counterparts in both teaching and course organisation
Women chairing university complaint bodies are at risk of retribution and cases are not always ‘taken seriously’ by committee members, academics say
Analysis suggests philosophy professor’s old department may net as much as ?333,000 from the activities that saw her targeted by activists
Estimated 180,000 students – mostly low-income women – face disruption to academic careers as states allowed to forbid female healthcare
English institutions told to ‘reflect carefully’ on whether initiatives such as Race Equality Charter are in conflict with duty to uphold free speech
Administration moves to reverse Trump mandate for in-person hearings and expand protections to transgender students
Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters
Lab-by-lab approach determining who gets credit and who doesn’t must be replaced by more comprehensive policies, researchers say
Female scholars grossly under-represented on editorial boards of public health and environmental science publications, says Cambridge-led study
Peer-reviewed open access entry aims to unite field burdened by outside political turmoil and internal disagreements over academic norms
Man came forward to report sexual reorientation practices he endured on campus in the 1970s
Lawyers say congress motion urging action against gender critical feminists could have breached Equality Act
Why can’t scholars acknowledge that a professor was both mistreated by Princeton and mistreated his former student lover, asks Jonathan Zimmerman
Protesters who disrupted gender theory book talk accuse university of ‘repression’ after criminal complaint lodged
Joshua Katz dismissed after renewed probe of sexual misconduct case
Women on fixed-term contracts in Russell Group universities less likely to return to work after maternity leave than permanent peers, study finds
Survey of more than 9,000 prizewinners reiterates ‘urgent’ need to tackle gender representation, authors say
Every institution in England to draw up a policy, with sector response coordinated by new working group
Our data-led report reveals the extent to which higher education institutions across the globe are contributing to gender equality and provides recommendations on the next steps universities can take to continue making progress
THE research highlights that over-representation of women in some STEM fields and under-representation of men in care-oriented disciplines are often overlooked in gender equality debates
As Biden nears issuing new regulations for adjudicating abuse complaints, nation’s top court considers case that could bring new conservative legal standard
PhD student says her legal defeat raises important questions about duty of care owed to students who face harassment
Institutions appear unaware of severity of problem due to paucity of survey data and lack of on-campus advisory efforts, UCLA researchers find
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
Members asked to back motion opposing ‘gender critics’ and ‘transphobes’
After leaked version of US Supreme Court ruling, conservative-state universities face prospect of sliding further behind on quality
UK professional bodies for mathematicians call for specialist funding to help female senior lecturers whose research careers are blown off course
As a major publisher and information provider, Elsevier embraces its role in promoting diversity, say Ylann Schemm and Holly Falk-Krzesinski
A mixture of privacy concerns and managerialism prevents universities from making good use of their research expertise, says Sunil Mitra Kumar
But co-author of Unesco report says need for them could wane with better inclusion elsewhere
As administration plans regulatory overhaul to bolster rights of abuse victims, gender identity demands greater attention
Biggest analysis of sexual offenders employed by US universities says sector has been complacent on safeguarding
Study finds little ‘substantive’ change between 2002 and 2019
The practice is banned in most countries but it remains rife across the region, with universities no exception, says Sabrin Ramadhan
The president of Harvey Mudd College discusses smashing glass ceilings and how to get more women into STEM subjects
Michelle Donelan ‘disgusted’ by claim student was threatened with expulsion if she spoke out
Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault
Huge national survey finds that half of students know little or nothing about formal reporting mechanisms
Ostensibly family-friendly work arrangements assumed to benefit women can have the opposite effect, a study of academics’ lockdown experiences suggests
