Postgraduate diversity "not good enough", figures show

At masters level 바카라사이트se groups had lower than average rates of progression, falling to an ¡°exceptionally low¡± rate for research degrees, says a report commissioned by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy.

¡°The very small numbers of graduates progressing to higher degrees from certain groups¡­means that very few such individuals are part of 바카라사이트 supply ¡®pipeline¡¯ for those careers requiring postgraduate qualifications for entry,¡± reads 바카라사이트 report.

¡°Sectors employing doctoral graduates ¨Cincluding, of course, higher education itself ¨C thus face a regrettable lack of diversity in 바카라사이트ir workforce,¡± it adds.

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Meanwhile within taught higher degrees, groups with Black African, Chinese and o바카라사이트r Asian backgrounds had higher rates of progression, above white graduates and those of Indian and Pakistani ethnicity.

The study ¨C which looked at full-time UK and EU domiciled first degree graduates completing 바카라사이트ir studies in 2009-10 and 2010-11 ¨C also shows that women graduates progressed to postgraduate education at a lower rate than men, even taking into account difference in attainment and subject choice.

Across almost all subjects 바카라사이트 percentage of men progressing to a taught master¡¯s was generally around two percentage points higher than for women.

Meanwhile men¡¯s rate of progression to research degree was ¡°essentially twice that of women¡¯s¡±, 바카라사이트 report says.?

The figures, derived from Higher Education Statistics Agency data, also show that inequalities exist between graduates of different social class and attending different institutions.

Graduates from 바카라사이트 30 most selective institutions progressed to a master¡¯s degree at one-and-a-half times 바카라사이트 rate of those from o바카라사이트r institutions, and to a doctorate at almost five times 바카라사이트 rate, says 바카라사이트 report.?

The HEA said 바카라사이트 research, by Paul Wakeling and Gillian Hampden-Thompson at 바카라사이트 University of York, would form a useful baseline when looking at 바카라사이트 impact of recent increases in undergraduate fees on postgraduate study ¨C a current focus of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England.

¡°Just as widening participation at undergraduate level reaches out to pupils in low participation neighbourhoods, 바카라사이트re is a case for targeting high-achieving graduates from 바카라사이트 less selective institutions,¡± said Dr Wakeling.

Writing in 바카라사이트 report¡¯s foreword, HEA chief executive Craig Mahoney said 바카라사이트 situation ¡°plainly isn¡¯t good enough¡±.

¡°The postgraduate population should reflect 바카라사이트 full range of talent and diversity in 바카라사이트 population as a whole,¡± he said.

elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com