Countries around the world are prioritising the need for gender equality in their higher education and research sectors.
Whether it’s nations in the Global South or those in the more affluent North, their aim is to give women a fairer deal and enable them to enter and progress within the sector on equal terms to men; that is because wherever you are in the world, women in higher education are likely to earn less, advance less and to be employed on less favourable terms than their male counterparts.
Our latest data show that in UK higher education, for example, half as many women are employed at senior contract levels, compared to men – and that’s despite women making up the majority of higher education staff.
This means institutions are accessing a more limited talent pool when appointing to senior posts and a far narrower range of perspectives when making corporate decisions.
