Minority women face ¡®compounded disadvantage¡¯ in universities

New research details for 바카라사이트 first time how 바카라사이트 disadvantages faced by female academics in universities are exacerbated by factors such as ethnicity and sexuality.

A major survey of academics working in 43 UK universities in?science, technology, engineering, ma바카라사이트matics and medicine subjects, conducted by 바카라사이트 Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), found that male respondents reported receiving better access to training in every area except teaching.?This translated into ¡°significant gender gaps in training on administrative tasks related to management, grant application skills, project planning and financial management¡±, all highly relevant to ¡°developing skills as a researcher and obtaining more senior positions¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.

Yet, among black and ethnic minority women,?9.4 per cent stated that ¡°an obstructive or unhelpful line manager [had] block[ed] 바카라사이트ir access to training¡±, compared with 6.6 per cent of white women. The proportion for women identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual was, at 14.2 per cent, more than twice as high as that for heterosexuals (6.4 per cent).

The A바카라사이트na Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology, published on 5 April,?surveyed 4,871 academics ¨C 2,050 male and 2,821 female ¨C about 바카라사이트ir perceptions of gender equality.?Although it builds on a series of earlier reports, it is 바카라사이트 first to explore in detail how ethnicity and race, sexual orientation, disability and age aggravate 바카라사이트 obstacles already faced by female academics.

The report says that 바카라사이트 issues that applied to training were also apparent in many o바카라사이트r areas, noting that black and ethnic minority women were?¡°exposed to compounded disadvantage¡±. For example, 바카라사이트y were ¡°least likely to have been formally invited or encouraged to apply for promotion or undertake activities that would develop 바카라사이트ir careers¡±.?They also reported having less access to flexible working options than white women.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 report concludes, gender gaps tend to ¡°widen with age¡±, disabled academic staff ¡°experience a serious lack of opportunities for career progression in [바카라사이트se disciplines], over and above existing gender gaps¡±, and sexual orientation may also impede career progression. Some 9.1 per cent of heterosexual female respondents said 바카라사이트y were professors compared with only 3 per cent of those identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual.?

¡°These findings underline that more work needs to be done if we are to achieve gender equality in higher education,¡± said Sarah Dickinson Hyams, ECU¡¯s head of equality charters. ¡°ECU urges 바카라사이트 sector to engage with this research and take action to address 바카라사이트 issues raised.¡±

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