Thread by @GilesPalaeoLab

A thread of the 'top' universities in #REF2021 ranked by their #GenderPayGap and #EthnicityPayGap. The UK university median gender pay gap is 14.7%; the UK university median ethnicity pay gap is 9%.
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1. Loughborough University. This university has a median gender pay gap of 31.3% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 11.1%.

2. University of Exeter. This university has a median gender pay gap of 21.7% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 12%.

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3. University of Lancaster. This university has a median gender pay gap of 21.6% and doesn't report its median ethnicity pay gap.

4. University of East Anglia. This university has a median gender pay gap of 21.6% and doesn't report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

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5. University of Durham. This university has a median gender pay gap of 20.2% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 17%.

6. University of Southampton. This university has a median gender pay gap of 19.9% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

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7. University of Warwick. This university has a median gender pay gap of 19.9% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 13.7%.

8. Queen's University of Belfast. This university has a median gender pay gap of 18.1% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap.

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9. University of Nottingham. This university has a median gender pay gap of 17.7% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 8.2%.

10. University of Birmingham. This university has a median gender pay gap of 17.6% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 15.2%.

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11. University of Newcastle upon Tyne. This university has a median gender pay gap of 16.2% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 14.6%.

12. University of Bath. This university has a median gender pay gap of 15.7% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

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13. University of York. This university has a median gender pay gap of 14.8% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap.

14. University of Liverpool. This university has a median gender pay gap of 14.2% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 12.5%.

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15. University of Glasgow. This university has a median gender pay gap of 13.7% and does not have a median ethnicity pay gap.

16. Cardiff University. This university has a median gender pay gap of 13.7% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

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17. University of Leeds. This university has a median gender pay gap of 12.9% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

18. University of Sussex. This university has a median gender pay gap of 12% and does not have a median ethnicity pay gap.

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19. University of Oxford. This university has a median gender pay gap of 11.1% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

20. University of Manchester. This university has a median gender pay gap of 11.1% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 9.9%.

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21. University of Edinburgh. This university has a median gender pay gap of 11.1% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 5.7%.

22. University of Bristol. This university has a median gender pay gap of 11.1% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 2.9%.

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23. Queen Mary University of London. This university has a median gender pay gap of 10.3% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 13.2%.

24. King's College London. This university has a median gender pay gap of 9.6% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 12.7%.

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25. University of Cambridge. This university has a median gender pay gap of 9% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 3.5%.

26. University of Sheffield. This university has a median gender pay gap of 8.4% and does not report its median ethnicity pay gap data.

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27. University College London. This university has a median gender pay gap of 7.8% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 7.9%.

28. Imperial College. This university has a median gender pay gap of 6.3% and a median ethnicity pay gap of 8.2%.

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Figures are from 2020 or 2021 data and taken from gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk or university websites. There may be errors. If I couldn't find the data then maybe report it more clearly! Thread inspired by @DrAnindyaR and @carbonatefan, insomnia and a cancelled train.

None of this is to downplay the hard work of individuals but to highlight the subjectivity of rankings and the entrenched biases in universities that the REF both facilitates and ignores.

https://twitter.com/Jess_Gagnon/status/1523947472460034048?s=20&t=yvR2EqcWDiB6XQZtJCF3Vg

If you're going to tweet at me "but the pay gaps don't prove that men and white employees get paid more than women and ethnic minority employees, just that men and white employees tend to be in higher-paid roles!!", then yes, that's the point.