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UCAS CEO: “deafening policy silence” over HE gender gap

The chief executive of UCAS believes the doubling of the gender gap in UK universities since 2007 is a key cause for concern.
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UCAS chief executive Mary Curnock Cook has expressed concern at figures showing that women outnumber men in 112 out of 180 degree subjects at UK universities:

“Despite the clear evidence and despite the press coverage, there is a deafening policy silence on the issue. Has the women’s movement now become so normalised that we cannot conceive of needing to take positive action to secure equal education outcomes for boys?”