A new study says that a big reason behind the pay gap between men and women scientists in the UK could be discrimination. You don’t say.

Sara Connolly, of UEA's school of economics, has undertaken research that reveals for the first time what proportion of the pay disparity is due to women being younger, more junior or employed in different types of institution or subject areas. Her preliminary results suggest that almost a quarter (23%) of the pay gap is "unexplained" and may be due to discrimination against women.

Nah, it must be cause math is hard for us silly girls.

Connolly also found that women only make up 29% of permanent academic staff and 16% of professors in the sciences.

Connolly says that her research "provides sound facts and figures, rather than anecdotal evidence and hearsay, which I hope will be used to develop and implement effective policies to tackle this problem."

She will be presenting her findings at the British Association Festival of Science.

2 Comments

September 6, 2006 8:36 PM

[0+]  Alon Levy said:

Does Connolly know how many pieces of research there are that use facts and figures?

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September 7, 2006 11:38 AM

[0+]  DT said:

Well, this makes my day.

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