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Planning will outline the project, background, benefits, and project approach. The planning stage will also include a project plan (attached in Appendix A). Development will source datasets and review these for usability. Datasets will be combined to allow quality assurance, cleaning, and filtering.  Datasets will be analysed and interpretated regarding the success of closing the

Producing a survey and results adds a high level of complexity. There is a short timeframe so the use of surveys would not be feasible to undertake. There may not be enough data received to provide a robust answer. The data collected may not answer the problem if insubstantial questioning is used. Surveys need to

Research could be undertaken using existing reports. Contents would need converted, or original datasets sourced for data analysis. As these reports have been created for specific objectives there may be elements of bias in the reports that could skew findings. Data could also be manually captured using surveys. This would allow data to be collected

Investigating the gender pay gap in Scotland vs UK across five years, focusing on SMEs vs large companies will provide quantitative answers on how well Scottish SMEs are improving access to employment opportunities for women. Comparing SMEs efforts against larger companies, analysis will pinpoint whether further progress is needed by SMEs, larger companies, or both.

SMEs represent a significant proportion of employment for Scottish citizens. It would be pertinent to know the success of closing the gender pay gap amongst Scottish SMEs. This could be used to inform plans for the economy such as through the Fairer Scotland for Women: Gender Pay Gap Action Plan to resolve “issues related to

This project will investigate the gender pay gap in Scotland vs UK over five years, specifically focusing on SMEs compared to large companies. The investigation hopes to analyse whether SMEs have been more successful in closing the gender pay gap compared to large companies, both in Scotland and Scotland compared to the rest of the