We must research the impact of predicted grades on students’ well-being and learning behaviour at a critical stage in their education, says Luke Ellmers
Sherri Ann Charleston described as having repeated instances of multiple sentences matching others’ writings, mirroring complaints that took down university’s first black president
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Claudine Gay case, proper referencing should be insisted on to encourage critical, original thinking, says Ian Pace
The test aims to flag potential that school-leaving exams miss. But not all applicants to the hugely oversubscribed courses are cheering, says Brian Bloch
After historically black institutions spend years seeking funding worthy of R1 status, main higher education grouping agrees to loosen the terms of inclusion
Centre for Antiracist Research doesn’t have obvious funding flaws, but celebrity activist still leaves university questioning its Floyd-era hiring coup
Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research
UC Davis’ chancellor, Gary May, has plenty of background in attracting minority students, but finds California’s decades-old ban on race-based admissions a formidable foe
While inclusivity efforts have focused on boosting admissions from under-represented groups, targets could also be achieved by adjusting overall enrolments downwards
After decades of questioning grade inflation and race-based policies, one of Harvard’s biggest critics of affirmative action departs in wake of Supreme Court decision
Guaranteed interviews for ethnic minority applicants of a certain standard would also tackle postgraduate underrepresentation, says Research England-backed initiative
Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears
The Nottingham Trent vice-chancellor discusses using data to support students, avoiding strike action and why diversity conversations are too focused on Oxbridge