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The gender pay gap and the lack of female managers are both issues that need to be solved. One reason for these situations is that many women leave the workforce, or reduce their responsibility within...
So you’ve worked hard and got your degree – but is that enough? Some think not. The CBI is urging more universities to prepare students for the world of world by teaching them soft skills like communi...
A few weeks ago, I finally got around to reading the cover story, Bitter Medicine in the latest issue of Trade Finance. Wrapped in some truly nice metaphors involving the Wild West and Casinos, the au...
For all you organised people out there, who have bought their 2009 diaries already, take note: on Tuesday 3rd February, womenintechnology.co.uk and the British Computer Society are holding W-Tech 2009...
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that at current rates of progress, in the future women will be earning the same amount as men. The bad news is that none of us will reap the be...
Research from the University of Toronto has shown that women prefer to have a male boss. Stress levels increased when women employees had a female boss, as did depression, insomnia and headaches. The ...
Beware - the fact that you’re reading this post could signal that you have an illness. Do you spend six hours a day online? Do you live in front of your computer screen? Then you may be suffering from...
I read with interest ‘futurologist’ Richard Watson’s predictions for the next fifty years. So if you’re a technologist, or just wondered what life will be like in 2045, take a look at his book or the ...
UK women may have triumphed in the recent Olympic Games but it looks like the women of the UK aren’t so keen on cycling. Research shows that over half of women will not cycle to work because they’re w...
It seems that British employers don’t look too kindly on social networking in the office. Apparently 35% of companies here have official restrictions in place on accessing sites like MySpace and Faceb...
New research has shown that outsourcing low level IT jobs to countries such as India and China means that companies are both offering less technical opportunities for graduates whilst increasing mid l...
Ever envied the criminal computer whizzes you see in films? Well, this may be the course for you. The University of Abertay in Dundee is offering an MSc in Ethical Hacking, to develop a new generation...