Will Cuba roll out the welcome mat for US students?
American universities review exchange programmes as 50-year embargo ends
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Sector doubles its Stonewall 100 share
UK universities claim 10 spots in annual survey of gay-friendly workplaces
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Chile steps back from bitter market fruits
South America’s neoliberal pioneer is taking higher education out of the market. The UK should take heed, says Bahram Bekhradnia
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Still too male and white at the top? Don’t blame headhunters
Consultants often boost the number of shortlisted women, but universities must fight their own ‘people like us’ mindset, says Sue Shepherd
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The Match Girl and the Heiress, by Seth Koven
A cross-class relationship burns bright in a study of an experiment in ethical living, says Nadia Valman
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A cliff is no place to start
Building an academic career is hard, but high initial hurdles and a lack of clear progression paths make it unnecessarily daunting
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Are you a victim of hierarchical microaggression?
Majority of workplace slights informed by your place in the academic pecking order, study finds
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Small victory for Cambridge women in long war over gender pay gap
Women on academic contracts earn £8,400 less than men, according to Equal Pay Review 2014, but the gap has closed by £110 since 2012
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The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something?
A perverse focus on research cash and high-impact publications threatens academics’ careers and the aims of science itself, says Dorothy Bishop
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How to give the next generation of scholars a career boost
Holly Else examines European efforts to make academic career paths less challenging to navigate
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Universities ‘ignoring’ sexual harassment issue, says NUS
The National Union of Students has accused universities of being ‘prepared to ignore’ incidents of sexual assault and harassment on campus
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Will Self: freedom of speech a ‘fetish’ in wake of Paris attacks
Freedom of speech has become a “sexual fetish†in the West in light of the Charlie Hebdo terror atrocity, according to academic and writer Will Self
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University ‘equal pay’ days marked by protests
Student groups are holding a series of protests this month against pay inequality in universities
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Racism accusations spark academic freedom debate in Canada
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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British Library unveils eight-year plan
The British Library has announced an ambitious “vision for its future development†over the next eight years