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News As of June 2008, a total of 508 men and 273 women had applied to do an IT PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) in the UK, compared to 619 men and 333 women by June 2007. Business studies, biology and chemistry - which, earlier in the year... [01 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.06.08
Round-Up Yes, this inspiring yet humble generation of supermen and women need money to pay the mortgage and buy food, clothes and 3G-converged communications devices from fruit-themed companies based just south of San Francisco but it's just not important. [13 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment The women in the CIO50 are great role models for young girls considering a career in technology - but e-skills UK still warns that new talent in the IT industry is "diminishing at an alarming rate" as enrolments in tech-related degrees continue to... [11 Jun 2008]
Wanted: Women must save IT industry
News Last year just 16 per cent of tech workers were women and the report warns that new talent in the IT industry is "diminishing at an alarming rate" as enrolments in technology intensive courses decline and women remain unconvinced of a career in IT. [15 Apr 2008]
First Trimester Screening With the ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound System
Extensive evidence now exists that screening for Down syndrome can be provided to women in the first trimester of pregnancy that exceeds the effectiveness of current second trimester serum screening. Screening by a combination of Nuchal... [09 Jan 2008]
First Trimester Screening With the ACUSON Sequoia Ultrasound System
White Paper Extensive evidence now exists that screening for Down syndrome can be provided to women in the first trimester of pregnancy that exceeds the effectiveness of current second trimester serum screening. Screening by a combination of Nuchal... [08 Jan 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2007
News One story that received a lot of interest - and generated a lot of comment - was news that fewer women are looking to work in the IT industry due to long hours and a lack of flexible working. Not only this but senior female IT execs are leaving... [31 Jan 2007]
City IT pay rates top £1,000 per day
News There are around 110,000 people working in financial services IT - 83,000 men and 27,000 women, according to the Labour Force Survey of autumn last year. According to figures from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo... [21 Feb 2006]
Female IT managers topple men in pay league
News Female IT managers are for the first time earning more than their male counterparts and women are also climbing the corporate ladder faster, according to the annual salary survey from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). [19 Sep 2005]
Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective
White Paper Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and trend of working hours and there is persuasive evidence that attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. [24 Jun 2005]
Vanishing Children: From High Unemployment to Low Fertility in Developed Countries
As women have joined the labor force, fertility rates have adjusted as a function of the institutional structures that shape the job market and determine its long-run unemployment rate. Exploiting the considerable variation of fertility rates and... [10 Jun 2005]
Vanishing Children: From High Unemployment to Low Fertility in Developed Countries
White Paper As women have joined the labor force, fertility rates have adjusted as a function of the institutional structures that shape the job market and determine its long-run unemployment rate. Exploiting the considerable variation of fertility rates and... [10 Jun 2005]
A Dynamic Model of Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Human Capital Investment
White Paper The main empirical fact the authors are concerned with is that married women's labor force participation rate is u-shaped over the course of development. The paper also analyzes the behavior of the relative education levels of men and women, the... [26 May 2005]
Hate waiting for websites to load? You're not alone
News Women, however, are becoming impatient at a faster rate than men. The old stereotype of men being less patient than women holds up in the research. When shopping or banking online, women are about three times more likely than men to wait more than... [27 Aug 2004]
VCs falling over themselves to spend on VoIP
News With a theoretical $85bn of unclaimed VC funds in the pot, technology companies could be missing out on milking the venture capitalist cash cow - the money men and women are just falling over themselves to invest in voice over IP, or VoIP. [20 Jul 2004]
