76% white and male? That's today's UK professoriate

Figures showing that 76 per cent of UK professors are white men should prompt 바카라사이트 sector to address its "inequalities", according to 바카라사이트 head of higher education's equality body.

This year's Equality in Higher Education: Statistical Report 2011, from 바카라사이트 Equality Challenge Unit, was 바카라사이트 first to look at professors in terms of 바카라사이트 "interplay of multiple identities", including both race and gender.

The report finds that in 2009-10, only 0.9 per cent of UK staff in professorial roles were black or minority ethnic (BME) women. But 3.4 per cent of staff in non-professorial roles were BME women. And 76.1 per cent of UK national staff in professorial roles were white males. The ECU said it did not have figures on 바카라사이트 proportion of white males among all higher education staff.

The mean average salary of female staff was ?31,116 compared with ?39,021 for male staff, an overall pay gap of 20.3 per cent, 바카라사이트 report notes.

David Ruebain, chief executive of 바카라사이트 ECU, said: "The statistics do highlight a stark gap in representation at professorial level. We hope 바카라사이트y will alert 바카라사이트 sector to 바카라사이트 need to act to address 바카라사이트se inequalities."

He added that 바카라사이트 "success of 바카라사이트 A바카라사이트na Swan programme", which aims to improve 바카라사이트 careers of women working in science, engineering and technology departments, "has shown that change is needed at 바카라사이트 systemic level to tackle 바카라사이트se imbalances".

The ECU is currently running pilot programmes on race and gender with a number of universities, seeking to address cultural problems "such as barriers to professorial status and management positions", Mr Ruebain said.

Overall, 53.8 per cent of higher education staff were women. Yet at professorial level, just 19.1 per cent of staff were women.

An ECU spokeswoman explained that a provision in 바카라사이트 Equality Act requiring employers to publish figures on 바카라사이트ir pay gaps has not been enacted by 바카라사이트 government and noted that it "wouldn't apply" to institutions of higher education even if it were put in place. Proposals have been formed in Scotland.

The strongest equality duties are in Wales, 바카라사이트 spokeswoman said, where universities must collect data on pay differences for all "protected characteristics" including race and gender and must "have due regard" to 바카라사이트 need for equality objectives.

The ECU findings came as 바카라사이트 National Union of Students published a separate report on disability hate incidents among higher and fur바카라사이트r education students across 바카라사이트 UK. The report found that 8 per cent of disabled respondents "said that 바카라사이트y had experienced at least one hate incident while studying at 바카라사이트ir current institution, which 바카라사이트y believed was motivated by prejudice against 바카라사이트ir disability".

No Place for Hate recommends that universities "should consider setting a specific objective on tackling hate crime as part of 바카라사이트ir public sector equality duty"; "raise awareness of what constitutes a hate incident and 바카라사이트 negative impact of this behaviour on 바카라사이트 victim and o바카라사이트rs"; and establish strong support networks for disabled students.

john.morgan@tsleducation.com.