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RSS gender in news37,000 women quit tech for family
News In addition, having too few women in IT teams could affect the ability of companies to secure public sector contracts due to strict requirements around gender balance. Thousands of women are leaving the IT industry due... [14 Nov 2008]
Women in IT 'a fifth worse off than men'
News Meanwhile the gender pay gap in IT remains worse than the national average. But the group calculates this using the national gender pay gap and the average salary so female IT workers are likely to have... [30 Oct 2008]
Online retail hasn't killed the high street
News There appears to be no gender difference in the amount of shoppers that favour such multi-channel shopping, with consumer electronics, followed by DIY, and clothing the most popular multi-channel purchases. [02 Oct 2008]
Teens losing interest in IT
News When broken down by gender, girls did marginally better than boys - with 17.9 per cent achieving an A in computing, compared to 15.9 per cent of boys. Far more males than females took the exam, however - 4,588 to 480 -... [15 Aug 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News The CRAC research also found a gender divide in students' response to IT which suggests the industry will have to work harder to win over female undergraduates who are not studying computing. If IT is to plug its skills... [23 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News This year's list also features a relatively high proportion of women breaking down both the IT and boardroom gender imbalance. Royal Mail's Robin Dargue has been voted the UK's top CIO as he embarks on a mammoth... [11 Jun 2008]
IT sector: Not so bad after all
News However, the survey also showed up age and gender imbalances in the IT profession. The respondents who felt most secure in their jobs were all under 40 years old, while only 13 per cent of respondents were female,... [15 May 2008]
Males in tech willing to show off their wad
News The gender pay gap persists, and businesses that neglect to address it are risking alienating half their workforce. Male techies are willing to reveal the size of their pay packets if it helps women get a fairer pay deal. [02 May 2008]
Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord
News According to Facebook's "platform application terms of use", when a user adds an application, that application gets access to a long list of different types of "Facebook site information", which could include political views,... [22 Apr 2008]
Wanted: Women must save IT industry
News Gender balance in IT is not only an issue of social equality; rather it is central to the viability of an industry. The future of the UK's IT industry hangs on its ability to attract and employ more women. [15 Apr 2008]
Male-targeted mobiles hog market
News Monica Basso, research VP at Gartner, said in a statement: "Mobile products will have to address gender diversity and demographics, evolving and differentiating into a range of consumer products. Gartner are predicting a... [10 Apr 2008]
Women told: Tech isn't 'boring'
News The EC has also published a wider report looking at gender balance in the upper echelons of senior management - entitled Women and men in decision-making 2007. The European Commission's (EC) commissioner for information... [07 Mar 2008]
Unilever CIO: Gender balance challenges in IT
News The consumer packaged goods giant could typify many UK companies finding it difficult to maintain the gender balance in its IT department. The company operates five management tiers and Cameron said his department is a... [15 Oct 2007]
Women deserting tech industry
News Jo Causon, director of marketing and corporate affairs at the CMI, said gender bias appears to be getting worse because the increased likelihood of promotion is not reflected in parity of pay. The number of women... [04 Sep 2007]
Yahoo! gets smart about online ads
News It has launched a new display advertising product called SmartAds which allows marketers to offer ads that are customised based on the web surfer's age, gender, location and online activities. Yahoo! just upped the ante... [02 Jul 2007]
