Gender pay gap for university staff won’t close for 40 years
Major pay gaps at senior level along with under-representation of women have created the difference in wages in higher education, according to a report.
At the current progress rate, the gender pay gap of academic staff will not be closed for 40 years, a new study reveals. The difference in pay between male and female academics in UK universities has decreased ever-so-slightly in the past two years, from 12.6% to 12%, said the University and College Union (UCU).
“At this rate it will take 40 years to close the academic gender pay gap. The fact that women are under-represented in the higher management grades is contributing to the overall 12% gender pay gap for academic staff. Universities need to analyse their gender pay gaps by carrying out equal pay audits. We are now submitting local equal pay audits at universities and want institutions to analyse and address their gender pay gaps,” UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said.
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The percentage of female academics falls, as seniority and pay increase, with only one in four professors being female, as the Mirror UK reports.
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