Decline of women in tech down to UK school system
Summary
Juliet Moran has worked in tech since the late 90’s but says in recent years she’s seen the number of women following careers in the sector drop. She believes the gender bias in schools is stopping girls from taking more of an interest in STEM subjects and claims educators need to be doing more to encourage them. Juliet, Technical Director at TelephoneSystems.Cloud believes the UK should be doing more to encourage girls to follow STEM subjects at school and into further and higher education. Juliet said: “When I went to University over twenty years ago, I was considered a rarity in tech, but at the time the industry was only just starting to take off. “I’d love to employ more women, but 99% of people applying for jobs at my company are male, and there must be a reason.” Addressing the shortfall, Juliet says that schools lack a serious basic understanding of technology, which is holding back female pupils.