Female staff are discriminated against in university computer departments.
They are paid £2000 a year less on average than their male colleagues.
They are appointed at lower grades and are under-represented in the top
jobs.
The Association of University Teachers last month published the results
of a survey over the five years to 1992. It found that in 1991 women staff
were paid an average of £19 750 compared to about £21 800
for men. Eighteen per cent of all computer staff are women but last year
they were over-represented in the 12 lowest grades and under-represented
in all but one of the 13 highest grades.
