Unconscious bias in higher education: A talk for International Women’s Day
…emale” applicants were rated significantly lower than “male” applicants in competence and hireability – and in line with this they were offered a lower starting salary. Interestingly, the gender of the evaluator didn’t make any difference; both male and female participants in the experiment graded “male” applicants more highly. What is even worse news for female academics is that this bias seems to persist in other areas of academic work such as r…