Bull, Anna Louise orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-3240 (2025) Gender inequalities in UK music higher education:the role of institutional stratification. British Journal of Sociology of Education. ISSN 0142-5692
Abstract
In creative higher education (HE) undergraduate courses in the UK, women students are over-represented by a proportion of two-to-one. However, music HE shows almost the reverse gender balance, with women students under-represented. This article, theorising HE as hierarchically stratified according to institutional prestige, uses descriptive analysis of data on all students in UK music HE between 2016-20 to explore how gender inequalities intersect with institution type across different levels of study. The analysis shows that older, more prestigious institutions have a more equal gender balance. However, these degree programmes may be less likely to equip students with digital skills needed for music industry careers. Furthermore, women of colour and working-class women are doubly marginalised: excluded from prestigious HEIs where white, middle-class women predominate, and from newer HEIs where men are over-represented. At PGT level, gender inequalities vary across institution type. Finally, among postgraduate researchers women remain under-represented.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the University’s Research Publications and Open Access policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 May 2025 16:10 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 13:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2025.2502802 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01425692.2025.2502802 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:226462 |
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