Female graduates avoid banking jobs - graduate jobs

Female students from the University of Oxford are neglecting to apply for "unethical" careers in banking, a new survey has revealed.

It found that jobs in the city were seen as undesirable by undergraduates who raised concerns about discrimination, according to The Times.

The research involved 450 students and the majority said they considered a career in banking as "demonstrably unethical" despite the financial rewards.

Financial services companies are now being urged to broaden their appeal to women.

The university carried out the poll after a bank and management consultancy asked them why only a third of Oxford applicants for graduate positions were women.

It revealed that 75% of participants thought the financial services industry was not supportive of society while 85% believed they would face discrimination compared with only half of men.

Out of eight sectors they felt banking was the most likely place they would find discrimination.

The Bank of America, Barclays Capital, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, RBS, Rothschild, UBS and the Bank of England will receive the survey results. They are the university's leading graduate employers.