Gender

Diversity in Academia

Women comprise 50% of the population. Yet only 20% of those taking A-level physics, studying undergraduate physics courses or working for a doctorate in physics are female. This figure drops at each subsequent stage of the academic pipeline:

In 2004:

• 12 (25%) university physics departments had no women at lecturer or above
• 23 (49%) departments had no women lecturers
• 26 (55%) departments had no women senior lecturers/readers
• 35 (74%) departments had no women professors

The Institute is working on projects to attempt to address the under-representation of women in university physics departments.

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