Equity in higher education

Find out how to ensure that all students and staff within higher education have an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of individual challenges or varied educational backgrounds. Equity is about ensuring university support and policies enable everyone to flourish, taking into account the wide range of differing needs across a campus community, as these resources explain.

By kiera.obrien, 15 September, 2025

What I learned about South Asian women when we built a space for them

Two female students study together
Instead of building broad-spectrum equity programmes and hoping for the best, what about a more tailored approach? Sobia Razzaq explains how a careers programme tailored to final-year students from South Asian backgrounds helped them find confidence and community
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 12 September, 2025

Navigating conflicting DEI needs for the benefit of all

Symbol for gender-neutral toilet
Equity, diversity and inclusion work is complicated when one group’s rights to dignity and privacy challenge another’s sense of comfort and security. Here, Cynthia Williams offers strategies to address these tensions
By kiera.obrien, 20 August, 2025

How to protect your university against authoritarianism

A woman holds a megaphone at a protest
US institutions are facing threats to academic freedom from the Trump administration, yet they must also stay vigilant to authoritarianism from abroad. Here is what university leaders and academics can do
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5minutes
Equity in higher education