Revealing gender equality statistics

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Revealing gender equality statistics
Athena Swan Awards Workshop 24 February
2009 Professor Katharine Perera Advisor, Women
in Leadership, University of Manchester
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Using gender statistics revealingly
Data capture and presentation Data analysis Data
interrogation Action plan
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Male and Female Academics in University and in
all SET Disciplines
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Male and Female Academics in 3 SET Faculties
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Male and Female Academics in 15 SET Disciplines
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Female Academics by Discipline
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Female PhD Students by Discipline
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Relationship between Female PhD Students and
Academics by SET Discipline
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Relationship between Female PhD Students and
Academics by SET Discipline
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Using a ratio of percentages
If female PhD students are as likely as male
students to progress to an academic post, the
percentage of female academics will be the same
as the percentage of PhD students. For example,
if 25 of PhD students are female and 25 of
academics are female, the progression is
equitable.
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Using a ratio of percentages
Female PhD students 25 Female Academics 25
Ratio of percentages 1
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Using a ratio of percentages
But if 25 of PhD students are female and only
12 of academics are female, the progression is
inequitable.
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Using a ratio of percentages
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Female PhD students 25 Female Academics 12
Ratio of percentages 0.48
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Relationship between Female PhD Students and
Academics by SET Discipline
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Relationship between PhD Students and Academics
Ranked by Ratio
100
90
0.8
80
70
0.68
0.93
60
0.75
50
0.55
0.64
0.74
40
0.48
0.63
30
0.95
0.61
0.75
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10
0
Maths
Life Sci
Nursing
Physics
Dentistry
Elec Eng
Medicine
Materials
Comp Sci
Mech Eng
Chemistry
Chem Eng
Female PhD
Female Academics
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Ratio Analysis for Fixed-term Contracts
Ratio of of fixed-term contracts to of
academic staff
1.18
0.90
45 divided by 38 1.18
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Ratio of Academic Women's Fixed-term Contracts to
all Contracts 1994 Group