Quarter of world’s top 200 universities led by women
Increase in female leaders driven by Europe as US stagnates
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Universities’ gender pay gaps ‘double the tertiary average’
While new Australian data identify regional universities as the most inequitable payers, experts highlight the ‘different conditions and challenges’
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US student voting advocates look to build on 2020 jump
Leadership alliances and equity focus set to battle political interference and disillusion with candidates after strong gain in previous presidential poll
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Academics made redundant by Leicester ‘unfairly dismissed’
Three business school researchers who lost their jobs after their research was seen as not meeting strategic priorities win employment case
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Science secretary pays damages to professor over extremism claims
Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ‘made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation’
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Australia’s accord could be more ambitious on Indigenous participation
The document gestures to some key barriers, but Indigenous knowledge is valuable in itself, not just for improving outcomes, says Ian Anderson
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UKRI clears academics accused by minister of backing ‘extremism’
Michelle Donelan faces calls to apologise as equality committee at centre of Gaza free speech row set to reconvene
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Imperial to create cross-cutting ‘convergence science’ schools
President Hugh Brady says new structures will provide ‘sandbox’ for interdisciplinary thinking and ‘shop window’ for industry engagement
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Defeated UCU general secretary candidate calls for recount
Ewan McGaughey says ‘it’s not over’ after narrowly missing out on unseating incumbent Jo Grady
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South Korean doctors oppose expansion of medical school places
Thousands walk out, arguing that government should address low pay and poor working conditions before going ahead
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Australian government loses bragging rights on visa time frames
While ministers say they have fixed predecessors’ visa processing delays, published data suggests otherwise
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Skidmore: dragging foreign students into culture war helps no one
Former universities minister warns that Conservatives’ ‘talking down’ of higher education sector will hit UK economy
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Gaps between female share of professoriate and rest of workforce
Twenty-three UK universities have gaps larger than 20 percentage points between proportion of academics overall who are female and their share of professoriate
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To regain trust, US HE must pursue truth unhindered by ideology
Tolerance and respect are still expected, but a new kind of deference to group identity is emerging among students, say Stephen Hawkins and Mylien Duong
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University of Florida ends diversity and equality efforts
Forced by DeSantis order, flagship fires officials but signals dissent and outlines plans to try hiring them back