By Sarah Left, 29 September 2000 08:45
NEWS Researchers found that women hold only a quarter of IT positions. The situation is even worse higher up the corporate ladder - only 13 per cent of senior management positions in IT are held by women. Mori found that women are turning away from IT early. Only 15 per cent of people who applied for computer science courses last year were women. Cheltenham Ladies' College is concerned that, even after making technology a core discipline at the school, students still do not see it as a potential career. Vicky Tuck, the school's principal, said: "This school is very strong for science, and there is no reason why girls shouldn't be just as fascinated in creating software and designing web pages, but they have to perceive it as something girls can do. They're good at being consumers and users of technology, but they're not perceiving themselves as creators." The college can't solve the problem of the glass ceiling, but it does intend to combat the industry's 'nerdy' image by increasing work-shadowing programmes.
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