Author: Stijn Broecke and Joseph Hamed
Year: 2008
Source: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Historically, women had been under-represented in Higher Education. By 1992, however, the Age Participation Index suggested that young women’s participation rates in England had caught up with those of men. The 2005/06 Higher Education Initial Participation Rate figures for 17-30 year olds showed a 7.2 percentage participation gap, in favour of women - a gap which appears to continue to widen.
Web link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DIUS-RR-08-
14.pdf
