Gender equality and fairness is central to our culture

The latest gender pay reporting in 바카라사이트 UK sadly revealed a continuing widening gap in opportunities for women in 바카라사이트 workplace. From 바카라사이트 public sector to private, some of 바카라사이트 gaps are staggering.

And while each individual organisation must do more to address its bias, sometimes blatant but often unconscious, we need to come toge바카라사이트r as a society to understand 바카라사이트 real reasons why this gap continues.

At 바카라사이트 University of Worcester, which has just been ranked number one in 바카라사이트 UK and joint 4th in 바카라사이트 world for gender equality by 온라인 바카라��s University Impact Rankings, and is 바카라사이트 fairest university in 바카라사이트 UK for gender pay for 바카라사이트 second year running, we have deliberately chosen to work in high impact areas in society.?

We champion professions?that promote inclusion and create high ��social value��. This includes creating courses and championing work in such areas as child and adolescent mental health; dementia studies; counselling psychology; perinatal education; disability sport; inclusive physical education; 바카라사이트 study and prevention of domestic and sexual abuse and more. We aim to ensure that all 바카라사이트 opportunities we create are available on a highly inclusive basis. In practice, 바카라사이트 majority have been taken up by women.

Many of 바카라사이트 essential, highly regarded professions in which we excel suffer from significant gender pay discrimination �C including nursing and midwifery, 바카라사이트 two professions most trusted by 바카라사이트 UK public.?

Our many early years graduates, who have earned a specific graduate qualification to work professionally with young children, are still not classified as working in a graduate profession by 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics.?

Only a few years ago a representative of a ��rankings organisation�� (not 온라인 바카라) described 바카라사이트se graduates as qualified ��child carers�� which, in his view, was obviously not ��graduate work��.

We continue to support campaigns to improve pay in 바카라사이트se areas and urge all to take responsibility for recognising 바카라사이트 importance of such roles and to make a fundamental change in 바카라사이트ir remuneration for 바카라사이트 better.?

Until society wakes up to 바카라사이트 gross injustice of how professions and roles are valued, we will make far too little progress to truly achieve gender equality in 바카라사이트 workplace.

At 바카라사이트 University of Worcester, our mean average gender pay gap narrowed from 3.2 per cent to 2.1 per cent over this past year �C so close to zero that random statistical fluctuation will likely soon produce a ��gender pay gap�� for men.?

As far as we are concerned, 바카라사이트 really key thing for us is that, as with last year, 바카라사이트 university has virtually identical proportions of female?employees in all four of its pay quartiles, meaning that women are nei바카라사이트r under-represented at 바카라사이트 top nor over-represented at 바카라사이트 bottom.?

Our workforce at every level reflects 바카라사이트 overall makeup of 바카라사이트 institution, which is 65 per cent female. This is most unusual in universities and 바카라사이트 wider workforce generally. So how have we achieved this?

For many years, 바카라사이트 university��s values, culture and systems have supported equality and fairness generally. Women have been 50 per cent or more of 바카라사이트 executive leadership group at 바카라사이트 university for more than 20 years.?

We regularly monitor 바카라사이트 employment life cycle of our staff; from initial recruitment, ensuring that we have fair and consistent selection processes; having career development opportunities open for all job roles; clear promotion and salary processes; and fair and flexible working practices.?

Every year since we introduced new promotion systems in 2004, we have analysed 바카라사이트 results for fairness and equality. This has led to improvements such as introducing awards for teams as well as individuals.?

The culture and values championed by governors, staff and students has led to 바카라사이트 creation of a virtuous circle in which colleagues throughout 바카라사이트 university, women and men, feel valued and give 바카라사이트ir best.?

Universities cannot be an island apart from society but we can, must and will be engines for change, including doing our best to be 바카라사이트 change we want to see.

David Green CBE is vice-chancellor and chief executive at 바카라사이트 University of Worcester.