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With universities relying on disclosure models and deficit framing to address awarding gaps, racism and ableism aren't distortions of the system - they're built into it.
Analysis of more than 2,500 science stories revealed that men were quoted more often than women, highlighting systemic gender bias in science communication.
Trial disruptions threaten efforts to improve the lack of diversity in clinical research.
Re-examining a 1997 paper claiming women academics need to work 2.4 times harder than their male counterparts, Ulf Sandström suggests what policymakers can learn from overreliance on single studies.
A study of millions of life science papers revealed that manuscripts with women in key authorship roles spent longer between submission and acceptance.
Underrepresentation of Black students in doctoral study is well known, and yet progress remains painfully slow.
A lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among funded projects as well as by lower estimated costs.
The global focus on what equitable access to and success in higher education means needs to be rebalanced.
Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we show how different combinations of science, gender equality, and social policies interact to constitute five distinct national pathways for gender-fair early career progression.
Shifting what and who is valued will strengthen the research system, writes UKRI chief executive.
Number of women faculty at the Eindhoven University of Technology jumped from 22% to 29% in first 5 years
As part of its efforts to promote inclusiveness in research, eLife’s new Community Voices podcast provides a platform for scientists from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences.
University staff are to vote on possible strike action over what a union has called "scandalous" cuts. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) said university management had launched "a wholesale attack on staff and students".
