The researchers find it difficult to believe that lack of merit could be the reason for such under-representation.
Universities generally say that the under-representation of certain groups at university is mostly because they are not getting the qualifications needed while at school.
But she also highlighted that the main underlying reasons for under-representation of poorer students was because of lower results in school and a lack of advice.
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When women say we are no longer going to countenance back alley abortions, unequal pay, or under-representation in the halls of justice, politics or finance, the intention alone can move mountains.
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As the figures from the 2000 Census are reported, it is clear that previous estimates for minorities have been low in general, indicating the under-representation may be greater than the numbers show.
Over in the Lords (from 11am), questions to ministers cover action to encourage women and girls to take part in sport, the under-representation of women, especially black and ethnic minority women, on FTSE 100 boards, and the action plan for ending violence against women and girls in schools.
By early morning, after all the votes had been counted and 46 parliamentary seats allocated under the proportional-representation system, the GNP had emerged with 133 seats, just four short of a majority.
Thirty-two parties were competing under a system of proportional representation for the 120-member Knesset.
Councillors in Scotland are usually elected to multi-member wards under proportional representation using the "single transferable vote" method.
Much of Labour's support, however, stems from disenchantment with the first government to be elected under the now unpopular proportional-representation system.
Northern Ireland will elect three members under a separate system of proportional representation, the single-transferable vote.
These computer vision algorithms needed to be complemented with higher-level tools of analysis involving knowledge representation and reasoning, often under conditions of uncertainty.
Because, under Germany's system of proportional representation, the Greens got 47 parliamentary seats, but under France's majority-voting system its Greens, the main environmental party, got a mere half-dozen.
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