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

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Professor Tushna Vandrevala is Professor of Health Psychology, Kingston University. Professor Fiona Ross CBE isProfessor Emerita Health and Social Care Kingston University, Deputy Chair Westminster University Court of Governors & Trustee Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.

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Brown University Reinstates Test Requirements

Insight Into Diversity

After months of deliberation, Brown University administrators announced the reinstatement of SAT/ACT testing requirements across the institution. The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029.

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

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The argument presented recently on this blog by representatives of Oxford University decrying the linkage of OA to the REF (which is now proposed to apply to long-form publications such as monographs and book chapters) touches on some valid questions about implementation, but we do not find their arguments convincing.

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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. Jackson was the first African American woman to lead a top-ranked research university. During her presidential tenure, the university saw more than $1.25 Franklin and on behalf of ACE, and truly from my heart.

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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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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.

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

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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.