Tag: University College London

The Income Advantage for Women College Graduates May Be Due to Longer Hours Worked

In a study of over 2,800 millennials working in England, scholars from University College London found the income premium of early-career, college-educated women compared to women without a degree may be primarily explained by longer hours worked, rather than higher base salaries.

Two Women Scholars Receive the 2024 First Book Award From the Modernist Studies Association

The Modernist Studies Association has presented its First Book Prize to Pardis Dabashi, assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College, and Kirsty Sinclair Dootson, lecturer at University College London who earned her Ph.D. at Yale University.

University Study Finds Huge Gender Gap in Funding for Infectious Disease Research

Of the more than 6,000 grants for infectious disease research in Britain between 1997 and 2010, less than one quarter went to research teams headed by women. And the average grant to men was 43 percent higher than the average grant to women.