Beware dodgy data

The claim that "male professors at Stirling University earn 24 per cent more than females" is simply wrong ("Sexism and ageism blight careers of female academics, says Natfhe", THES, May 26) We understand that you were supplied with this data in an inaccurate Association of University Teachers press release. The truth is that the median salary for male professors at Stirling is Pounds 40,995 while for female professors the figure is Pounds 41,373. Some 19 per cent of professors at the University of Stirling are female.

Giles Dove. Director of public relations. University of Stirling.