This website provides links to ongoing research and publications into identifying and interpreting factors associated with low female participation rates in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education pathways and professional level careers.  The recently completed 2004 - 2006 study was funded through the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Linkage Grants Scheme and involved a research partnership between Education Queensland (EQ), industry partner Technology One and academic researchers at James Cook University: Professor Neil Anderson, Professor Lankshear, Associate Professor Mary Klein and Senior Researchers Carolyn Timms and Lyn Courtney.

The current, 2008-2010 ARC Linkage Grant is in partnership with Technology One and ThoughtWare:

Girls and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Career Pathways: Tackling the Upper Middle School “Turn Off”

Please visit the Current Research page for more information on this research and the Executive Summary of Findings from the 2004-2006 study. The Publications page contains downloadable journal articles.

From left to right: Colin Lankshear, Carolyn Timms, Neil Anderson and Lyn Courtney.