New female principal investigators in UK ‘paid £5K less than men’

Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests

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March 23, 2019
Last updated
March 26, 2019
Jack Grove
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Print headline: Female principal investigators in the UK start on £5K less than men

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#1 Submitted by Ian Macfarlane on March 25, 2019 - 9:10pm
What else does anyone who has lived and observed this or any contemporary society for more than a few moments expect? Men stacked the deck a couple of millenia ago when they came up with their invention of a male god and the world has yet to evolve beyond the fists and clubs which, however updated, are still employed by their followers.

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