Against all odds, from all-girls schools to all-boys workplaces : women's unsuspecting trajectory into the UK ICT sector

Griffiths, M; Richardson, HJ

Abstract

The trend of women being severely under-represented in the UK ICT sector persists. Girls continue, year in year out, to excel in academia whilst initiatives are put in place to challenge the gender employment gap in IT professions. As part of a larger research study of women in the ICT labour market, over 500 women were asked about their initial routes into ICT; this included educational backgrounds, influential factors and perceptions of that transition. In analysing the findings we attempt to explain an overt tendency of women in our sample group, to stem from single-sex schools with a predilection in mathematics and the sciences then moving into male dominated educational and work environments. Our findings report on personal experiences of women’s unsuspecting trajectory into the UK ICT sector.

Citation

Griffiths, M., & Richardson, H. (2010). Against all odds, from all-girls schools to all-boys workplaces : women's unsuspecting trajectory into the UK ICT sector. In S. Booth, S. Goodman, & G. Kirkup (Eds.), Gender Issues in Learning and Working with Information Technology (99-112). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-813-5

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Dec 2, 2010
• Publisher: IGI Global
• Pages: 99-112
• Book Title: Gender Issues in Learning and Working with Information Technology
• ISBN: 9781615208135
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-813-5
• Keywords: gender, ICT workplace, woman, uk ICT sector, all girls schools, women in IT
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-813-5
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