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In common with similar departments in many other UK universities, the School of Computer Studies at Leeds University has become increasingly concerned over the past few years by the declining proportion of women amongst our students. In 1979, 20% of the students entering Computer Science and related single-subject degree schemes at Leeds were women, but since then the proportion has tended to decrease, reaching just 9% in 1988.
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Buckley, P., Smith, B. (1991). Opting Out Of Technology: A Study of Girls’ GCSE Choices. In: Lovegrove, G., Segal, B. (eds) Women into Computing. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3875-4_14
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