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3.2 
THE POSITION OF ACADEMIC WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN 
SOUTH AFRICAN AND UK UNIVERSITIES 
 
Following on the discussion of women in leadership and management in universities, this 
section focuses on the position of women academics in South Africa and the UK in 
relation to their statistical representation in the academic ranks and in academe in general. 
It is hoped that an appreciate of the proportion of academic women compared to 
academic men in the academic world, the pace of the advancement of women and their 
current numbers in positions of authority might be better comprehended. In the case of 
South Africa, the representation of academic women by race and rank might reveal the 
differential representation of these women in leadership and management in higher 
education.