Women’s colleges/colleges for women

It's International Women's Day tomorrow, but there'll be no Paula post as I'll be under the surgeon's knife (nothing dramatic).  In the run-up I notice particularly a major report from Warwick University analysing the salaries of 17000 recent graduates in full-time work (part-timers again slide out of the picture...).  It notes how persistent the gender pay gap is, but also how it varies, from 28% in law to 4% in education.   This is at the outset of their careers, remember - things will only get wider. However I thought I'd write on something a bit different.  I've just finished Rosemary Ashton's story of Victorian Bloomsbury.  I'm lucky enough to be a Bloomsbury…
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