Women are applying for Computing degrees in record numbers and slowly narrowing the diversity gap, new data shows
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT analysed January deadline application data (released 15 February) from university admissions service, UCAS. While male applicants still outnumber females in computer science by 4.1 to 1 this year, the gap has closed slightly from 4.4 to 1 at the same stage in the application cycle in 2023, BCS found. …