女性晋升教授时间“比男性长15年”

No surprises here then. Same old, same old.

This is very recognisable, sadly. I'm female academic at a Russell Group university and I've seen male colleagues promoted to professor based on "promise", i.e. they have an interesting idea for a book or grant. Meanwhile, women need a proven track record, i.e. successful grant applications worth several £100K. I've been told that that's essential to apply for a promotion. A male prof in my department only got his first grant of £45K several years after his promotion to full prof so how exactly does that work? There's also strong pressure to do student-facing work and pastoral care, which is important but unrecognised and unrewarded. When you look around the room at these events, you rarely see male colleagues serving up lunch, chatting to students, organising quizzes and socials, etc. You can of course disengage and say no but you get blowback.