Gender equality Having a specific unit or person responsible for working with equality or diversity has a positive impact on the proportion of female professors, a Nordic research study shows.

Gender equality Having a specific unit or person responsible for working with equality or diversity has a positive impact on the proportion of female professors, a Nordic research study shows.
Debatt Universities at all levels must be open to conducting formal just as well as informal meetings in English
Diversity In the higher education sector, 34 per cent of employees have a non-Swedish background and in Sweden's population as a whole, 31 per cent. But in the senior management teams of higher education institutions, the corresponding figure is 12 per cent, Universitetsläraren’s analysis shows.
Reza Salim We should welcome critical thinkers
Funding Lotteries for the allocation of research funding have been tested in several countries. In Sweden, using a lottery system would save resources and increase equality, says researcher Lambros Roumbanis. Financiers that Universitetsläraren has spoken to are sceptical.
Diversity Labelled as different. Not invited to join important networks. Drawn attention to in the classroom. Racism and discrimination based on ethnicity often occurs in subtle ways within higher education.
Law Recorded lectures on learning platforms must be subtitled to be more accessible. This raises fears that the legal requirement could lead to a reduction in the number of video and audio recordings.
Opinion Public consultation will be important for the EU’s new Higher Education Transformation Agenda.