Women make up the majority of UK postgraduate research students for the first time, a new report reveals.
Advance HE said the figures hint at good progress in “improving the pipeline” of female researchers, and will hopefully lead to better representation among professors.
The organisation’s annual statistical reports highlight opportunities and challenges in the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion in UK higher education staff and students.
Its analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency data shows that the majority of UK students at every degree level were female in the 2020-21 academic year.
