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Education Committee says Office for Students must take tougher action on dearth of disadvantaged white pupils entering higher education

Initiatives on mental health and sexual harassment are welcome, but racial discrimination also demands greater attention, says David Mba

Institutions face tough choices and often fierce criticism in trying to make reparation for their tainted origins

Government, enterprise and education must contribute to a multi-pronged, long-term programme to boost social mobility, says Anulika Ajufo

Professors and institutions admit worry as at least 20 US states move to block curricula exploring systemic biases

After decade tackling Indigenous mistreatment, nation and its universities widening racial agenda, says Afua Cooper

Male academics assessed more highly if they work at a top-ranked university but same bias does not materialise for female scholars

Gender bias in student reviews leads vulnerable females to be more lenient in their assessments, large analysis finds

Misplaced fear of racial and sexual threats, plus the need to provide a ¡®feeling¡¯ of security, cited as reasons universities are reluctant to limit armed officers

Embattled university president in staunchly conservative state sees business-world allies valuing benefits of under-fire course

University retreats under pressure by pausing graduation plans for critic of pro-Trump insurrectionists

Podcast denying systemic racist attitudes in medicine seen as emblematic of leadership at top periodical

Love for Confederacy permeates oldest state-funded military college in the US, investigation concludes

The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving

Her long career as a psychologist and a college president has shown Beverly Daniel Tatum how crucial racial identity formation is and how overriding negative stereotypes about minority students¡¯ performance can be like ¡®water in a parched land¡¯. Matthew Reisz hears why

Investigation, despite little evidence, seen as reflecting growing power of conservative critics of academia

As marginalised becomes mainstream, Australian inclusivity practitioners are urged to adopt a mainstream focus

Intervention by Chapel Hill trustees hits higher education as dangerous new threat of political interference

Covid and equity movement give HBCUs a moment ¨C and money ¨C to show their worth

Four experts from the University of Bath give tips on how to create an open, creative and non-hierarchical environment at your next workshop

Despite backing removal last year, Oxford college says report noted challenges, including government policy

After two forced resignations, exiled president tackles racism and selfishness undermining US higher education

Pennsylvania liberal arts college promises external investigation of incident

Cambridge scholar says subject is not just for ¡®posh people who¡¯ve done Latin for ages¡¯

Roberta Mock explores a tradition of performance that still raises urgent political questions today

Four institutions get $555 million compensation for Maryland shifting their courses to white campuses

Imperial creates tool to analyse geographic distribution of authors on reading lists and socio-economic status of their country

Powerful organisation moves to rank economic value of university education to students

Lawmakers and activists work to forbid talk of enduring inequities

Limited fluency and cultural concerns could lead to a backlash against German institutions¡¯ pitch to the international market, says Brian Bloch

Report criticises newly appointed leader but says use of term in student meeting did not make him a racist

An unfriendly and isolating ambience that descended into microaggressions and dismissed complaints shattered one academic's high expectations 

Opening up the canon is essential for a discipline that struggles with diversity, claims author 

As lecturers, we can influence whether social background becomes an obstacle for students¡¯ progression, says Siobh¨¢n O¡¯Brien

Advocates of healing find challenge in predecessors with Confederate sentiments

¡®The first Black woman on the tenure track in theoretical cosmology¡¯ tells Matthew Reisz about her struggles to reconcile a pristine childhood image of science with the reality she confronts by using selective citation to marginalise racist or sexist scientists

Concerns over international recruitment as need for better communication emphasised

Students fare better when campuses frame equity as quest for justice, Princeton analysis finds

UK academia¡¯s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities added to the scepticism but, done properly, training makes a difference, say Jules Holroyd and Jennifer Saul

Efforts to improve access and promote diversity are often undermined by assumptions that they are at odds with ¡®excellence¡¯ and academic freedom. Drawing on her experiences all the way from Iran to California, Pardis Mahdavi explains how we can and must do better

Equity expert also highlights the risks of competitive grading and the benefits of diverse groupings

Significant share of students say they would be more likely to get vaccine if they could do so on campus, but research reveals wide differences by ethnicity

Anonymising applications and reserving studentships and starter grants for Black researchers would go a long way, says Daniel Akinbosede

Analysis highlights ¡®unacceptable¡¯ disparities in racial representation in UK science

Rising public support for barring discrimination against LGBTQ people

We must do more to support learners from both individualistic and collectivistic cultures, says Flower Darby

Conservative professor¡¯s book argues that dialogue across political divide is far more productive than activism and pious placemats

Leader only started in January but provoked fury by using N-word in call with students

Profound change is in the offing for higher education, but history suggests non-Western students¡¯ voices will not be heard, says Farish A. Noor

Former ombudsman to examine allegations of ¡®anti-black conduct¡¯ going unaddressed after furore over Adam Habib¡¯s comments

All faculty endure mounting stress over online instruction, but BAME academics face an even more precarious situation, say Henrika McCoy and Madeline Y. Lee

Review of scheme finds concerns about workload, assessment and commitment of university leaders

Leading black intellectual and activist returns to Columbia-affiliated seminary

Wayne State president calls major research institution inappropriate destination for Hispanic-focused funding

Universities often reproduce colonial logics by exploiting, commodifying and diluting the very ¡®thing¡¯ that was to set us free, says Manvir Grewal

University pledges to embed critical race theory and ¡®decolonial discourse¡¯ in all disciplines

Health research funder promises broad attack on racial inequality

Many of us with learning disabilities struggle to process hour-long lecture recordings but pedagogical flexibility and online support offer new ways ahead, says Gemma Ahearne

Non-white women just 2.5 per cent of top earners on most research-intensive campuses