Diversity

Solutions begin with flexible study policies for students who need a few extra days because mum had a health scare before their essay deadline, says Holly Cobb

Even in a political climate hostile to diversity, Indigenous people will keep asserting their right to use their languages, say Candace Galla and Madoka Hammine

‘Vaguely’ worded statement will be difficult to enforce in disciplinary proceedings, says Jewish law dean

‘Valuing voices’ checklist hopes to help academics to design research projects with ‘principles of inclusiveness’ in mind

Everybody loses if first-world universities do not share the benefits with source countries of doctoral students, university leaders say

Doncaster focus groups find widespread scepticism that cost of a degree will be outweighed by career benefits

The AACSB’s removal of ‘politically charged’ terms risks hampering efforts to create a more just society, say Martyna Śliwa and Ajnesh Prasad

Current widening participation approach not working, say academics, as rural villages and coastal towns revealed as areas with lowest levels of progression to universities

Internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn

University accused of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to recent rulings, amid fears of more ‘massive fines’

We cannot lose sight of what makes the US vibrant: that we all benefit when everyone has the chance to thrive, says Marybeth Gasman

Former Universities UK chief takes over higher education super-agency to oversee ‘next phase of development’

Survey of first-generation scholars finds many struggle with ‘unwritten rules’ of academic life

As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in Australian universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too

Recent cases brought by gender-critical employees show that going beyond the law can easily turn into stepping outside the law, says Akua Reindorf

OfS finding that university failed to uphold its free speech duties prompts others into reviewing policies that some believe were ‘copied and pasted’

Three-quarters of teachers in the capital predict at least half their class will go into higher education, according to new polling

The Sussex verdict notwithstanding, we need to ask whose participation free speech enables or denies, says Rishi Trikha

The country tends to shun the extremes and our access policies have generally helped harness talent and to build a cohesive society, says Merlin Crossley

Compulsory assessment tasks that highlight cultural histories of Australia and New Zealand help prepare students for future careers, universities insist

‘Cultural shift’ needed in universities to better recognise work academics do with local communities, Lords committee hears

The order does not even claim to alter existing civil rights law, and its stipulations are arguably in contravention of it, says Geraldine Van Bueren

The administration’s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US’ world-leading higher education system. Here, we present five takes on what is unfolding

UCL research potentially has significant implications for universities rated on post-study employment outcomes

Statement endorsed by 39 Australian institutions described as both being ‘not robust enough’ and a ‘betrayal’ of staff and students

Sutton Trust warns applicants with disadvantaged upbringings can find application process particularly complex and challenging

Universities must change their language to survive assault on DEI, says former Trump chief of staff

‘No academic friend of mine is not deeply worried about this,’ says scholar

Repeat of UK debate looms, as parliamentary committee urges Australian universities to ‘align’ with IHRA definition, and opposition members say it should be mandatory

Capital comfortably outperforms rest of England on higher education access, but progress is stalling and there are significant intra-regional differences, warns report

‘I want to understand as best we can quantitatively, what are the things that lead to our students leaving?’ says University of Colorado Boulder leader

Universities under political pressure to row back on support for minorities need a rallying point, say Manuel Barcia and Effie Kesidou

Students will now believe they can shut down debate of issues they find uncomfortable, rather than engaging critically, says a queer scholar

Why harm high-quality provision at established universities because of a small number of providers with questionable motives, asks Mark Clark

Scaled and standardised, lowering entry requirements for disadvantaged applicants can contribute to a fairer society, says Jon Datta

Report says English universities should shift back towards collaborative outreach activities, led by national coordinating body

Local context is important in overhauling trustee recruitment – and payment may help, says Nikki Le Faou 

Event hears that cold spots in provision must still be addressed

Managers should take inspiration from student organising, but we need more than diversity window-dressing, say Alexander Hensby and Barbara Adewuni

Governors representing multiple protected characteristics could mean only a ‘small number of individuals’ are responsible for boosting boards’ diversity figures

Higher education funding in the UK may still be inadequate, but cost-cutting cannot come at the expense of social mobility, says Fiona Devine

Social Market Foundation says rest of UK should follow Scotland’s lead in easing uncertainty for care leavers and applicants estranged from their families

Diversity initiatives at the university ‘not working’, says union, as scholarships going to most advantaged students while diversity rates decline

Burnout is rife in an era when the traditional attractions of academia to obsessives are diluted by many new duties, observes Joseph Cronin

Graduates from privileged backgrounds almost six times more likely to work in creative industries than poorer people with only GCSEs

Neurodiverse academics and those from non-English backgrounds can struggle with verbal etiquette – but we don’t mean to offend, says a UK academic 

Misleading claims that some undergraduates are unjustly receiving extra help obscure how many universities are actually failing to provide sufficient support to disabled students, says Chris Pepin-Neff

Some resisters mistrust tertiary education but others just do not see the need

Enrolment rate for free school meal and black pupils is in reverse, according to DfE data

Credentialing is a key good offered by universities, but giving some students more help than others undermines it, says Justin Noia

Some days all I can do is watch Gilmore Girls. But on others I may come up with an idea that changes my whole research field, says Vikky Leaney

Experts weight in on how Supreme Court’s national prohibition on affirmative action has affected diversity of this year’s intake

Disadvantaged students reported feeling under-supported in their transition to higher education

Policies must protect gender-critical beliefs as well as trans and non-binary staff, former OfS head says in wake of tribunal judgment

Research suggests some widespread initiatives don’t work, and some even lead to a decrease in academic diversity. So why do they continue to be rolled out? And what should institutions try instead? Rosa Ellis reports

Manchester Met named as top-performing institution for inclusion in new report

Thousands more students on the autism spectrum are entering universities thanks to improved diagnosis and support from schools. John Ross examines how institutions are adapting to this challenge and what more can be done

The Florida Tech president on creating a 'living, breathing' strategic plan, the explosion of the space industry and why diversity matters

Following progress on gender pay disparity, universities should start providing annual statistics on ethnicity pay, say David Mba and Robert Mokaya

Support networks, mentoring and inter-institutional collaboration could make a big contribution to improving representation, says Mercy Denedo