Female graduates still earning less, report shows

FEMALE honours graduates perform better academically and are more employable than their male counterparts yet are still, on average, ending up with lower salaries, a report has claimed.

What Do Graduates Do? The Class of 2006, published by the Higher Education Authority (HEA), said women were more likely to achieve first-class honours in almost every faculty except veterinary medicine and architecture.

It also found that more women than men found a job within nine months after graduation.