MPs: gender bias 'putting women off top science jobs'

By Graeme Paton. MPs from the Commons Science Select Committee find that women are being put off senior jobs in universities because of family pressures and workplace prejudice.
 Women are being put off careers in science because of the pressures of family life combined with “biases” in the workplace, according to MPs.
The Commons Science and Technology Committee said that women were significantly under-represented in senior academic posts and high-tech industries. More...