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Job listings reinforce traditional gender roles

Research shows that gendered language in job descriptions discriminates against women – but companies are beginning to address it   Traditional gender roles are reinforced by job adverts, a new study shows, which analysed 750,000 job postings by UK job board Totaljobs. Less than one per cent of the adverts

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Five female engineers to celebrate on International Women in Engineering Day

23 June is International Women in Engineering Day, and we’re celebrating the successes of female engineers pushing boundaries in the UK.   Women may make up half of the UK workforce, but they are sorely underrepresented in the engineering sector. Just 12 per cent of engineers in the UK are

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Gender and ethnicity pay gaps begin immediately after university

New research on the labour market shows that the UK gender pay gap applies as soon as graduates finish their degrees.   The study, conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), focused on the salaries of 2018 graduates over the first 15 months since graduating. It found that on

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