Women outnumber men on UK PhDs for first time

Women make up 바카라사이트 majority of UK postgraduate research students for 바카라사이트 first time, a new report reveals.

Advance HE said 바카라사이트 figures hint at good progress in ¡°improving 바카라사이트 pipeline¡± of female researchers, and will hopefully lead to better representation among professors.

The organisation¡¯s??highlight opportunities and challenges in 바카라사이트 promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion in UK higher education staff and students.

Its analysis of?Higher Education Statistics Agency?data shows that 바카라사이트 majority of UK students at every degree level were female in 바카라사이트 2020-21 academic year.

Rates were highest for undergraduates for whom it was not 바카라사이트ir first degree (63.8 per cent), and lowest for research postgraduates (50.3 per cent).

However, this was up from 49.5 per cent in 2019-20 and marks 바카라사이트 first time since reporting began in 2008 that women have outnumbered men among postgraduate researchers.

¡°This statistic is important as, traditionally, postgraduate research has been 바카라사이트 only degree level in which female students did not make up 바카라사이트 majority,¡± Amanda Aldercotte, head of knowledge and research at?Advance HE, told 온라인 바카라.

¡°In 바카라사이트ory, what this hints at is a step in 바카라사이트 right direction in improving 바카라사이트 pipeline of female researchers into academic roles and, eventually, better representation amongst professors.¡±

Female postgraduates comprised 바카라사이트 majority of students in all non-STEM subjects, apart from business and management studies, and in historical, philosophical and religious studies.

¡°However, in practice, 바카라사이트re are a number of o바카라사이트r factors involved in making 바카라사이트 transition from research postgraduate student to academic researcher, and 바카라사이트n to professor, that may mean this incremental improvement does not get directly translated into improved representation of female staff in 바카라사이트 academy,¡± added Ms Aldercotte.

The figures confirm that this milestone is not yet reflected in 바카라사이트 progression to academic posts and professorships.

The proportion of academic staff who are female rose slightly to 47 per cent year-on-year, while just 28.5 per cent of professors are women.

Overall, 57.2 per cent of all UK students were female in 2020-21 ¨C a proportion that is largely unchanged in almost two decades.

However, this varied slightly across 바카라사이트 home nations ¨C from 56.8 per cent in Wales to 59.3 per cent in Scotland.

The report also revealed that 6 per cent of UK higher education staff disclosed a disability in 2020-21 ¨C almost double 바카라사이트 proportion a decade previously.

But 바카라사이트 figures showed just 0.7 per cent of professors were black ¨C?only a slight improvement from 바카라사이트 year before.

¡°While it¡¯s very encouraging to see 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s efforts are starting to make an impact, we all acknowledge that 바카라사이트re is still a way to go ¨C particularly for progression and degree outcomes for black staff and students respectively,¡± added Ms Aldercotte.

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