Diversity and inclusion work

How can higher education better support diverse students and staff to fulfil their potential? Find advice on university diversity and inclusion policies and actions that open pathways into higher education to non-traditional students and support student success for diverse cohorts by building inclusive institutions. Plus, learn how to achieve greater diversity at every level of academia and make everyone feel they belong.

By Eliza.Compton, 15 August, 2025

The transfer student advantage: soft skills in motion

Multiracial group of university students
Transfer students bring more than credits to their new institution; they come with resilience, self-advocacy and real-world experience. With soft skills more essential than ever, it’s time to see these learners not as behind the curve but ahead of the game
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 11 August, 2025

EDI is meritocracy – why is that hard to understand?

Balloons, meritocracy concept illustration
Equity, diversity and inclusion is misunderstood when it is seen as valuing identity instead of skill within the systems that determine academic career progression. But it is in the sector’s interest to recognise and support talent, no matter what it looks like, writes Brooke Szücs
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 8 August, 2025

How universities can move from DEI backlash to breakthrough

Identity threat concept
Identity threat – when individuals or groups feel devalued – can undermine equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives. But if universities reframe this conflict, it can result in growth and new perspectives, write Camellia Bryan and Brent Lyons
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4minutes
By miranda.prynne, 7 August, 2025

A common enemy approach to anti-racism in higher education

Protestors on the Stand Up to Racism & Facism march in London in 2015
We need to rethink how we understand and advance anti-racism work in universities, treating racism as ‘our common enemy’ and adopting a unified approach to tackling it, writes Paul Miller
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 1 August, 2025

The evolution of student onboarding

University students starting college
On-demand, just-in-time digital onboarding can help students filter the vast array of information they receive when they start university, and set them up for success
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4minutes
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