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International Women’s Day: ¼ of the Top 200 Higher Ed Leaders Worldwide are Women

Insight Into Diversity

The 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been released, and analysis reveals that, for the first time, 50 of the top 200 institutions are led by women. Since the eighties, women comprised a majority on college campuses while institutional leadership remained predominantly male.

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Higher education as a politicians’ playground

SRHE

Voters mostly care much more about cost of living, the energy crisis, climate change, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the NHS … and even within education, universities rank well behind schools and nursery places as topics for political debate. The war on woke has not perhaps reached that pitch in the UK yet.

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Here are the top 10 higher education stories of 2022

University Business

As 2023 draws near, took a look back over the past 12 months to see which University Business resonated most with higher ed leaders. From college rankings to university presidents to politics, there’s no doubt this year has been a rollercoaster for education. Stanford University ranks No.