Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0453928

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0453928

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Developing informed and integrated strategies to address low female participation rates in professional Information Communication Technologies careers and pathways. This project proposes collaborative research to address low rates of female participation in Information Communication Technology professional occupations and education pathways - involving academic researchers and personnel from Education Queensland and Queensland based ICT companies . A comprehensive Queensland data set will be generated by surveying and interviewing female Year 11-12 students and ICT professionals, and analysed with industry partner involvement. Results will provide the basis for developing new and coordinated strategic approaches among education systems, ICT industry, and universities to improving school programs and enhancing female participation rates. This is necessary for addressing projected skill shortfalls and maximising talent pools available to industry.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2004

End Date: 12-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $74,696.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Software Engineering | Educational Psychology | Other Information, Computing And Communication Sciences | Specialist Studies in Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Higher education | Secondary education | Employment |

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