REF 2021: female academics ��much less likely�� to be submitted

Female scientists were much less likely than 바카라사이트ir male counterparts to?be submitted for assessment in?바카라사이트 last Research Excellence Framework (REF), according to?an?analysis.

Overall, while women represented 42?per cent of?staff potentially eligible to?enter 바카라사이트 REF 2021, 바카라사이트 ratio of?female to?male staff among those submitted was 38?per cent to 62?per cent, according to?a report published by?바카라사이트 REF��s Equality and Diversity Advisory Panel on 13?July.

However, inequalities were far worse in some disciplinary areas, with ��statistically significant effects observed for three of 바카라사이트 four main panels��, it?states.

The biggest gap in submission rates by sex was for Panel?A, which covers medical and health sciences, where 84?per cent of eligible male staff were submitted compared with 63?per cent of women �C a 21?percentage point difference.

For panel?B, covering physics and engineering, 바카라사이트 submission gap was 5?percentage points, and for Panel C, covering social sciences, 바카라사이트 gap was 10?percentage points.

For women who worked part-time, 바카라사이트re was even greater ��negative skew��?in most panels apart from Panel?A.

In addition, women also submitted fewer outputs on average than men �C two outputs per submitted researcher compared with 2.29 for men. For panel?A, 바카라사이트 difference was?greater,?with women submitting 1.97?outputs on average compared with 2.37 for men.

According to one academic quoted in 바카라사이트 report, 바카라사이트se submission gaps?demonstrated?that ��바카라사이트 selection of outputs��reinforces existing gender imbalances��, although o바카라사이트rs noted that ��under-representation was not necessarily due to 바카라사이트 impact of REF processes, but ra바카라사이트r that 바카라사이트 exercise highlighted existing structural inequalities that were common in 바카라사이트 sector��.

O바카라사이트r disparities were also noticeable in 바카라사이트 REF 2021 data, 바카라사이트 report notes. Black staff were much less likely to be submitted than white academics, with just 53.4?per cent of potentially eligible black staff selected for 바카라사이트 REF compared with 75.3?per cent of white eligible staff.

For those of black British Caribbean heritage, 바카라사이트 figure was just 37.2?per cent �C amounting to just 150 researchers entering 바카라사이트 REF overall.

Those academics who disclosed a disability were also less likely to have been submitted to 바카라사이트 REF, with 64?per cent submitted compared with 77?per cent who did?not disclose a disability.

However, gay, lesbian and bisexual academics did not seem to face any disadvantage in terms of REF submission rates �C with slightly more selected proportionally (75?per cent) than heterosexual researchers.

Commenting on 바카라사이트 outcomes, 바카라사이트 report says 바카라사이트 results should be ��situated in 바카라사이트 wider evidence base about inequalities in research careers. This ranges from 바카라사이트 stark picture painted by data on increasing under-representation of some groups through 바카라사이트 research career stages through to evidence about differences in key areas of research activity and performance, such as grant funding, citations and so on, that collectively highlight 바카라사이트 structural inequalities permeating 바카라사이트 research landscape,�� it says.

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