Women are applying for Computing degrees in record numbers and slowly narrowing the diversity gap, new data shows

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. …

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Visions accomplishes what the rest of the franchise cannot.

Visions accomplishes what the rest of the franchise cannot.

The universe has taken yet another monumental step forward in terms of storytelling diversity with Star Wars: Visions. It’s incredibly important to tell fresh, new, and inventive narratives in any franchise to stave off stale repetitiveness and to elevate the voices of creative minorities. Star Wars animation has produced some of the franchise’s most innovative …

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