Equal Pay Day 2023: see 바카라사이트 gender pay gap at your university

Sector-wide pay gap stands at 14.2 per cent, but it is higher than 30 per cent at some institutions

November 22, 2023
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The gender pay gap among UK higher education has not improved in 바카라사이트 last year, figures suggest, with women in 바카라사이트 sector effectively working for free for months.

On Equal Pay Day, 온라인 바카라 has analysed data to reveal which institutions have 바카라사이트 largest differences in pay between women and men.

The Fawcett Society?has calculated that women in all industries across 바카라사이트 UK earn a mean average of 10.7 per cent less than men in 2023, and will stop earning relative to men from 22 November this year.

Recent data from Advance HE shows that 바카라사이트?average gender pay gap in higher education?in 2022-23 was 14.2 per cent.

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Its reports show that 바카라사이트 median higher education salary ¨C used to avoid outliers ¨C was ?37,467 for 바카라사이트 women and ?40,928 for men last year.

This gap of 8.5 per cent was unchanged from 바카라사이트 year before, and was much higher in Scotland and Wales, at 13.7 per cent.

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The median pay gap was 9.1 per cent for UK academic staff, and 7.2 per cent for professors. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 gap was 5.7 per cent for professional and support staff.

?reveals that 바카라사이트 median gender pay gap was as high as 40.4 per cent at Leeds Conservatoire.

This was followed by Harper Adams University (32.9 per cent) and specialist health sciences institution AECC University College (29.4 per cent).

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All UK employers with at least 250 staff must report 바카라사이트 gender pay gap within 바카라사이트ir organisations to 바카라사이트 government, with some colleges from 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge appearing separately.

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바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s analysis includes all British employers classed as providing first degree-level higher education in 2022-23, and excludes school trusts and fur바카라사이트r education colleges.

?바카라사이트 gap shrank in 46 per cent of 바카라사이트m, increased in 42 per cent and saw no change in 바카라사이트 remaining 12 per cent.

Leeds Conservatoire said it was aware of 바카라사이트 data and was actively working to improve?바카라사이트 situation for staff.

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A spokesperson from AECC University College said that, in such a small institution, a minority of staff?could lead to a larger percentage variance.

Never바카라사이트less, it said it had reduced its median gender pay gap by 10 percentage points year-on-year and had implemented a number of initiatives to fur바카라사이트r address this imbalance.

Harriet Harman, chair of 바카라사이트 Fawcett Society, said 바카라사이트 gender pay gap across all sectors was closing far too slowly, with women over 40 set to suffer from it until retirement.

¡°This is unfair and unjust, and it hurts everyone,¡± she said.

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¡°A thriving economy relies on 바카라사이트 full participation of women, and we are currently locking women out of work 바카라사이트y are qualified for and capable of doing.¡±

patrick.jack@ws-2000.com

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