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Sexist men it appears can earn more than their more enlightened counterparts according to a US study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology. The study kicked off in the late 70s(!) and asked a...
Research by Catalyst has shown that women who work in a company that has several female directors have a greater chance of climbing the corporate ladder in the USA. This follows research that found or...
It’s that time of year when new graduates will be updating their CVs and sending out covering letters in the attempt to find a job and get their career off to a flying start. But as this article in th...
We can barely go a week without reading about the gender pay gap and how women are paid less. Every time we see the words “women” and “pay” together we hope for an upbeat and positive story, but they ...
In order to give young people more science and technology knowledge and boost the UK’s skills in this area, the CBI is calling for a change in how students take science GCSEs. At the moment the majori...
It’s great to see Team GB doing so well in the Beijing Olympics – and even better to hear that our first three gold medals were all won by women who set the pace for the rest. Then Christine Ohuruogu
It may come to a shock to you women out there, but according to a survey by pre-employment screening firm Powerchex, women graduates are 25% more likely to lie on their CV than men. Research has show...
News came recently of a ‘rogue’ computer engineer who locked administrators out of San Francisco’s computer network by changing the master password. Even after being sent to jail, he would not divulge...
We are always reporting that high levels of women are leaving the IT industry due to family commitments, however now it has been claimed that record numbers of mothers are returning to work. Laing &am...
It appears that computer science graduates are facing higher unemployment rates than their fellow graduates in other subjects, with one in ten still not having a job several months after finishing Uni...
There is no doubt that the shortage of women in IT is partly due to a lack of girls interested in pursuing scientific and technological routes. And it doesn’t look like the situation is improving eith...
We all love the seemingly pointless surveys / statements / research we so often read about. The latest one says that women are more likely to survive the current downturn than men. Why? The sweeping g...