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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10821

6 April 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 28
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) research
Women account for only a third of EU researchers

Brussels, 05/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - According to a report published by the European Commission on Friday 5 April, women are still under-represented in European research, but the number of women researchers is, however, on the increase.

The report, called She Figures, shows that women account for 33% of researches in the European Union and only 20% of full professorships. Only 15.5% of the heads of higher education are women.

EU Research Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn regrets the...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSTITUTIONAL
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