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An initiative to address the gender imbalance in tertiary IT studies

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posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by Annemieke Craig, Jo Coldwell-NeilsonJo Coldwell-Neilson
Gender imbalance in the IT sector is a problem with few females choosing information technology (IT) as a career. This paper describes an initiative conducted in Victoria, Australia, that aimed to expand the career horizons of secondary school girls aged 14 to 18 by showing them the range of career opportunities available in information technology. The event was a two day showcase where industry speakers from a wide variety of areas within the sector spoke about their careers. The event participants - students and their accompanying teachers - were surveyed. Both students and teachers indicated that the Showcase had been a worthwhile event that had made them much more aware of some of the career options available in the IT sector. The most significant finding was that after the event a considerable percentage of the students indicated that they would consider a career in IT, when only about half of those surveyed indicated that they had considered IT beforehand.

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Journal

Interdisciplinary journal of information, knowledge and management

Volume

5

Pagination

177 - 190

Publisher

Informing Science Institute

Location

Santa Rosa, Calif.

ISSN

1555-1229

eISSN

1555-1237

Language

eng

Notes

Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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