Higher education is moving in the legal direction on gender equality,with more than a third of board positions held by women. So what believe we learned so far?Higher education is making steady progress when it comes to gender equality on its boards; recent analysis found that 32% of board members in the sector are female, compared with just 23.5% of those in FTSE 100 companies. The Higher Education Funding Council for England wants the figure to reach 40% in English universities by 2020, and the Scottish Funding Council has laid out plans to hit the same level by 2018. Related: Why we need quotas for women on boards Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com