News – Equal pay gap begins at university

Male graduates are twice as likely to earn a salary above £25,000 as their female counterparts, a nationwide survey commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has found.
Furthermore, for every 5 women earning between £10,000 – £15,000 there are just three men. But the report also shows that graduates are not principally motivated by student debt when it comes to getting a job and over 1 in 3 do not consider the ethics of an organisation at all when accepting their first job offer. For a copy of the CIPD survey report, e: e.[email protected]