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July 3rd 2009 @ 12:18pm

Professor Alison Booth of the ANU Research School of Social Sciences.Australian women are more likely to be enrolled in university than men, and the gender disparity is likely to continue to grow, according to new research from The Australian National University.

The study, conducted by ANU economists Professor Alison Booth (pictured right) and Dr Hiau Joo Kee from the Research School of Social Sciences, charted the gender gap in higher education enrolments over almost a century. Using data from a number of sources, the researchers found that currently around 55 per cent of students at Australian universities are women.