Gender Equality Data
All Staff Gender Profile
A summary of the gender breakdown of all staff compared with the median data for the
University’s Top Ten Comparator Group for 2009/10 is provided in the table below.
2009/10
Job Family
Exeter
Median
Male
Female
Male
Female
Professors
86.5%
13.5%
82.6%
17.4%
T&R below Professor
All Teaching &
Research
60.4%
39.6%
65.1%
34.9%
68.0%
32.0%
70.1%
29.9%
Research Only
51.4%
48.6%
56.2%
43.8%
Teaching Only
53.2%
46.8%
47.2%
51.8%
All Academic
60.4%
39.6%
61.5%
38.5%
All Professional
40.1%
59.9%
38.2%
61.8%
Staff Total
48.3%
51.7%
47.9%
52.1%
Female:Male Ratio of Academic Staff
The following graph demonstrates
demonstrate the academic gender balance across the University
according to position (grade in brackets – ascending
g from grade E to Professorial). Data was
recorded at the same time (31st March) on the three consecutive years to enable valid
comparison.
The profile of the staff gender balance across the University shows an increase in the overall
proportion of female staff between 2009 and 2011 from 40% to 42%.
A key gender issue for the University is the
t
low number of female professors and senior
female academic staff. The Equality & Diversity Action Plan 2011/12 includes
inclu
an employment
target to increase the number of female professors across the University so as to ensure the
percentage remains within the upper quartile of the Top Ten Comparator Group with a yearyear
on-year increase of 1%.
University of Exeter : percentage female academics
100
90
2009
80
2010
70
2011
60
%
50
40
30
20
10
0
Academic position
Female:Male Ratio of Heads of College/Faculty/Department/Institute
The following table provides details of the female:male ratio of Heads of Discipline by College:
College
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
College of Humanities
College of Social Sciences
The Business School
(Recorded in September 2011)
Heads of Discipline Ratio
Female : Male
1:4
1:3
2:2
3:3
1:3
0:4