Young people's perceptions of computing careers

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1597-1603

  McEwan, Tom ^a   McConnell, Aysu ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computing and gender; Computing careers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING AND GENDER; COMPUTING CAREERS; UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES; USER EXPERIENCES (UX); YOUNG PEOPLES;

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL);

SURVEYS;

EID: 84893313400     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2013.6685108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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