Clare McDonald
Business Editor at Computer Weekly
Writer, Gamer, Tweeter, Sailor. Ok, so I'm not a sailor, but I am all those other things. Business Editor @ComputerWeekly, karaoke enthusiast, terrible cook.
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6 days ago |
computerweekly.com | Clare McDonald
The government has plans to increase the number of girls taking maths at A-level in a bid to encourage more girls into careers in artificial intelligence (AI). The Department for Education (DfE) is investing £8.3m, as part of the government’s Advanced Maths Support Programme, in offering support to 400 disadvantaged secondary schools in England in the hopes of getting thousands of girls into advanced maths classes.
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1 week ago |
computerweekly.com | Clare McDonald
The areas of artificial intelligence (AI) young people are interested in varies between genders, according to research by InnovateHer. The social enterprise asked more than a thousand students between the ages of 12 and 17 their opinions on AI, and found more boys than girls interested in the subject – 69% and 54% respectively – but also differing areas of focus, with girls worried about AI bias and boys concerned about cyber security.
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2 weeks ago |
computerweekly.com | Clare McDonald
Jobs requiring technically skilled professionals have more stability than other roles due to their high demand for skills, according to research from LiveCareer. Looking at more than 300,000 CVs made with its CV builder across the first six months of 2024, LiveCareer found that employees in the UK change jobs on average every 2.6 years.
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1 month ago |
computerweekly.com | Clare McDonald
GUEST BLOG: In the contributed blog post, Gary Ford, managing director of Men for Inclusion, explains the diversity trends he has seen in the wake of news from the US, as well as how we can tackle them. For years, we’ve talked about the backlash against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). But we’re beyond that now. We are witnessing a full-scale revolt and fierce retaliation in the US, led by the “Presidential Resistor In Chief” Donald Trump.
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1 month ago |
computerweekly.com | Clare McDonald
Maintaining work-life balance has been the biggest challenge many women in the technology industry have come up against, according to a survey. Recruitment firm Lorien surveyed women in the technology sector and found 45% claimed to have had difficulties with work-life balance in their role, making it the biggest barrier they have faced in their career. Almost 30% said their biggest roadblock as women in the sector is gender bias and discrimination.
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