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How Many ‘Firsts’ does it take to Change a System?
As the new academic year starts in Cambridge the University Library is marking 150 years of women studying here, even if admission to degrees came much later in 1948. Collectively we can also note that for the first time essentially … Continue reading
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Tagged gender pay gap, Lucy Marshall, Sally Davies, Sonita Alleyne, University Library
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The Only Woman in the Room
As the Master of a Cambridge College it probably isn’t surprising that I get asked to talk about Leadership, and often more specifically Women in Leadership/as Leaders, but there is nothing that brings out the inner impostor in me faster … Continue reading
Are Women Underpaid?
The deadline is past for companies in the UK employing more than 250 employees to report their gender pay gap. The numbers are not pretty and the University sector is no different from other types of employers in manifesting an … Continue reading
Why Such Tepid Governmental Aspirations?
The Government talks about ‘naming and shaming’ to close the pay gender pay gap, aspiring to close it within a generation. It is perhaps worth remembering when the Equal Pay Act came into force – 1970! 45 years on and … Continue reading
