Gaps, EQ, PP

Two quick items. First, Torsten Bell of the Resolution Foundation posted an update chart from UCAS, confirming the continuing gap between women and men in university entrance. The chart below shows the unmistakeable trend since the crossover point in 1996. Since the Paula Principle came out in 2017, the gap has continued to widen - and it seems now that the numbers of male applicants has actually turned down. So we will soon have getting on for two female graduates for every male. Previous posts have shown how this increasing female/male qualification gap has not effectively closed - or even much narrowed - the male/female careers gap. So the PP…
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