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Building inclusive research cultures– How can we rise above EDI cynicism?

HEPI

Take the example of AI and gender bias evidence shows that women are frequently not included in technology research and are underrepresented in data sets. Inclusion is being accelerated by the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029, with a stronger focus on assessing People, Culture, and Environment (PCE).

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Brown University Reinstates Test Requirements

Insight Into Diversity

The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029. The institution joins Yale University , Dartmouth College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their decisions to bring back the practice after test-optional offerings emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Open Access: A Benefit Not a Burden That is Worth the Cost

HEPI

The article below responds to this piece published by HEPI last week, which called for the open access requirement to be excluded from the Research Excellence Framework.

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TU Dresden and KCL transCampus aims to widen

The PIE News

“Our two excellent universities [work together] in a complementary way, we bring together expertise and we are connecting in the future much more engineering science in to these topics… We combine basic research, big technology transfer in order to develop systems for a digital world.”

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Lauded at Dr. John Hope Franklin Reception

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

and the first Black American woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed her co-chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, and in 2020 she joined The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) global board of directors to serve until 2029.

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From the Military to the Ivy League: Two Veterans Pursue Dartmouth’s Online Master of Engineering

Coursera blog

John Murphy: Bridging the Gap Between Software and Hardware After spending five years in the Navy, including a deployment to Iraq, John Murphy transitioned to civilian life with a drive to excel in both entrepreneurship and technology. I wanted something between software and hardwarewhere the industrial IoT space lives for me.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I The assistant principal for boys suggested she apply to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Calling her “a pioneer in technology,” Black Enterprise also named Jackson a Women of Power Legacy Award Winner.