Race

Youngest ever black Cambridge professor seeks to challenge ‘exclusionary, elitist’ culture in academia

A new book, The Black PhD Experience, explores the journeys of black doctoral students in UK universities

New Sheffield provost discusses the future of diversity initiatives, the importance of free movement of scholars and why he is missing from sector statistics

Kalwant Bhopal claims senior academics of colour succeed by ‘performing whiteness’

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

Victory for HBCU graduate could bring significant benefits for sector, but second Trump term seen as more ominous

Worries about future job prospects and being identified as a troublemaker stopping academics getting support, says report author

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have come under sustained attack from the political right, resulting in the shuttering of DEI offices and curbs on teaching and research. With affirmative action also banned, how might universities continue to support minority students and staff, asks Paul Basken

La Trobe moniker celebrates a genocidal past, staff and students say

Significant majority for Labour would open up opportunities to change university system over the next decade, UUK chief tells meeting of black leaders

Figures also showed record 50.1 per cent of postgraduate students for the 2023 admissions cycle were from outside the European Union

Equity, diversity and inclusion staff in US higher education are losing their jobs in the wake of anti-EDI laws, but college leaders are mobilising, reports Rosa Ellis

Number of black principal investigators applying to UK research councils halves year-on-year

Unite calling for independent investigation into institutional racism and how organisation is run

‘Differential offer rates are part of the endemic inequalities we see in higher education’, says expert

Scholar claims selection process that led to appointment of Robert Balfour was slanted against internal candidate Vivienne Lawack

While diversity advocates bemoaned 2023 ruling restricting affirmative action, broad tally affirms that nation’s institutions generally didn’t use that power

David Mba creates fully funded PhD studentships after taking reins at Birmingham City University

Experts concerned exodus could be linked to lack of career progression for minority scholars

Professor says universities are still prioritising gender and other issues over tackling racism

Ucas figures also show application gap between London and UK region with lowest rate has reached record level

Fund of £20 million to support early- and mid-career researchers from black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani backgrounds

Exodus of junior scholars from Europe tips balance of university workforce

Despite some calls to replace Claudine Gay with another black woman, tradition and mercy might force persistence of white male leadership

After affirmative action ban, campuses prod students to describe their personal backgrounds, without going so far as to potentially encourage legal action

A socio-economic alternative to affirmative action would be expensive but that doesn’t mean institutions shouldn’t consider it, say experts

Institution to remove Colston dolphin emblem from its logo and set up £10 million programme to tackle racial injustice

Dutch student complained that anti-cheating software did not work due to her skin colour, but university said problems were universal

New Birmingham City University leader, who struggled to find work after first-class engineering degree, discusses boosting social capital for minority students and staff

After being exempted from Supreme Court ruling on Harvard and UNC, training grounds for Pentagon officers face their own legal threat

After court rejects racial preferences in admissions, biggest US civil rights group presses campuses for corrective pledges

Ethnicity and disability status also significant factors influencing likelihood of researchers being submitted, report finds

Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism

Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments

Document disappoints campaigners with lack of detail or targets after major funder promised overhaul during Black Lives Matter protests

British professional basketball player turned US professor James Gerard Noel says criticisms of ‘safe spaces’ overlook the emotional vulnerability of black students caused by racism and gun violence

‘Silence is political,’ indigenous leader warns sector, as institutions ponder whether to back yes vote in looming poll

Creator of AP courses shows anger over Florida governor’s suggestion that its new addition, covering African American studies, lacks educational value

College Board promises essential new student exposure to black history, while battling accusations it allowed key politically motivated omissions

Prodded by DeSantis, heads of all 28 campuses promise to hinder attempts to explain racial inequities to students

Hesa data also reveal proportion of black professors remains at ‘appallingly low’ levels

Incident is ‘shameful and disappointing’ and ‘undermines’ inclusivity on campus, says academic

University leader compiles data to ‘point the finger’ at institutions still lagging behind equality commitments

But analysis says faculty could become representative of the wider population within three decades if universities make meaningful shifts in hiring

Universities’ policies of ‘inclusion’ have proven superficial and ineffective, say scholars

At an institution already known for inclusivity, Valerie Sheares Ashby plans to apply those values to her ambitions to grow UMBC’s infrastructure and research activity

University promises more memorials, community engagement and Afro-Caribbean institutional partnership after study into slavery links, setting aside just £1.5 million for legacy fund

Senior lecturer in Islam receives note telling him to ‘go back to where he belongs’ in latest of several menacing incidents

Cardona cites cultural deficit in lamenting that billions in equity-oriented aid is failing to make a significant difference

Change comes after consultants find leading biomedical research funder is ‘still an institutionally racist organisation’

‘The current court has clearly shown its willingness to directly overturn past precedents in order to achieve conservative policy goals, and I don’t see why this case would be different,’ says sociologist

Having a name that takes longer to pronounce also associated with employment at a lower-ranked institution

English institutions told to ‘reflect carefully’ on whether initiatives such as Race Equality Charter are in conflict with duty to uphold free speech

The president of Dillard University says that historically black colleges and universities do a better job than the Ivy League

The vice-chancellor of McGill University reflects on her nine years leading one of Canada’s top universities as she prepares to step down

Olivette Otele criticises employer’s reliance on her research, saying overwork and back-stabbing led her to burnout

Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions