Where have all the girls gone?
Where have all the girls gone?
For some years now the number of girls reading computer science at university has been steadily decreasing: In 1980, 423 girls entered universities in the UK to read computer science. By 1985, this figure had dropped to 159 and at a time when the demand for graduates with computing skills was at a premium. Women represent the largest untapped resource of potential skill in this area, but they are being left behind in the technology revolution. This paper examines some of the reasons that lie behind this state of affairs and suggests some measures that can be taken to alter it.
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Lovegrove, Gillian
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Hall, Wendy
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December 1987
Lovegrove, Gillian
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Hall, Wendy
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Lovegrove, Gillian and Hall, Wendy
(1987)
Where have all the girls gone?
University Computing, 9 (3), .
Abstract
For some years now the number of girls reading computer science at university has been steadily decreasing: In 1980, 423 girls entered universities in the UK to read computer science. By 1985, this figure had dropped to 159 and at a time when the demand for graduates with computing skills was at a premium. Women represent the largest untapped resource of potential skill in this area, but they are being left behind in the technology revolution. This paper examines some of the reasons that lie behind this state of affairs and suggests some measures that can be taken to alter it.
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Published date: December 1987
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