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Equitable research funding requires concerted action

Wonkhe

Inequity in access to research funding drives disadvantage throughout academia. Tanita Casci and Jenny Gladstone see the need for action at every level The post Equitable research funding requires concerted action appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Exploring British Muslim transitions to PGT studies

SRHE

It will need to build in more responsiveness to the forms of disadvantage that holds back intersectional communities – such as British Muslims – from participation at the postgraduate level. It has ramifications beyond the low number of this demographic who progress all the way into academia as researchers and members of the professoriate.

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Tenacity Propels African Immigrant Along Engineering Path

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It might end up causing more disadvantages in the system.” Academia, entrepreneurship, and policy are all options. “We’ve developed tools that generate tremendous data that we could eventually collect from the brain,” Nerrise said. “We We don’t explain to the layperson enough what that truly means for us to own and use that data.

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Forging Engineering Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It might end up causing more disadvantages in the system.” Academia, entrepreneurship, and policy are all options. “We’ve developed tools that generate tremendous data that we could eventually collect from the brain,” Nerrise said. “We We don’t explain to the layperson enough what that truly means for us to own and use that data.

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Five Ideas for Careers Services (AKA Universities and Colleges)

HEPI

While one roundtable guest pointed out that continuation and progression rates are generally less good for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, HEPI has previously covered the fact that UK universities have very low non-continuation rates.

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Navigating chronic illness in academia: An early career perspective

HEPI

This blog is part of a series HEPI is running with the British Academy on the changing face of academia. . With administrative, teaching and research pressures mounting in academia generally, large proportions of academics report feeling overworked and emotionally drained. Career Progression. What Works and What Would Help.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

This mind-set is driven by the increasing importance of “corporate” leadership models as well as the growing predominance of STEM research culture in academia. Like most underrepresented scholars, I consider these students my own, and mentoring them is a privilege and a blessing.