THE TEACHER GENDER SPLIT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
How do Universities and Subjects Compare?
With the ongoing debate on the gender pay gap and women’s access to senior roles, how well are female professors represented in the teaching profession? We have analysed the teaching staff at the UK’s top universities for a number of core subjects to discover the female-to-male breakdown.
Use the sort by buttons below and click on each subject to reveal the top universities with the highest percentage of female teachers. Use the sort by function below to discover how staff in higher education are represented across the board.
Are you surprised by the UK’s teaching gender split?
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We analysed online staff directories for each subject across 15 top university websites. Where possible, only academic faculty staff were included. When a university did not have a full, online staff directory for a subject, they were excluded from that subject’s data. *Science includes lecturers from either Physics or Chemistry courses. Business includes lecturers from Business, Economics or Management courses. Average figures shown for each subject are based on all available data across the 15 universities analysed. You can find a list of all the universities and data here
