Student diversity: sex and gender

Allocation of 9,500 extra places will boost capacity in a system where demand can be fickle

Teaching and learning issues dominate grievances raised with new Australian body set up primarily to tackle gender-based violence on campuses

Inequality between male and female participation rates prevails in most parts of the globe, with 88 countries in worse situation compared with a decade ago

Policymakers need to understand inequity at primary and secondary level – and between genders – to make tertiary education genuinely inclusive, concludes study

Success of Trump-inspired nationalist party will increase scrutiny over institutions’ plans to grow overseas intakes, academics predict

Peer networks give male students confidence and visibility. Female mentorship, affinity groups and curricular changes can help push back, says Ava Doherty

Universities urged to address structural issues caused by menstrual health as study reveals only 15 per cent have policies in place