Diversity and Inclusion Research

Diversity and Inclusion has been a major theme of our practical work, but this has also been backed by research with respect to the underlying issues. Earlier on we explored how to engage female students which formed our later work using role models. We have also explored ways to support older, housebound people.

Publications

Pollie Barden (2017) Older People and Digital Technology: From digital learners to digital leaders through participatory design with community-based organisations. PhD Dissertation, Queen Mary University of London. Available from the QMUL thesis repository.

Black, J., Curzon, P., Myketiak, C. & McOwan, P.W. (2011) “A Study in Engaging Female Students in Computer Science Using Role Models”, Proceedings of ITiCSE 2011, The 16th Annual ACM SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp63-67, Darmstadt, Germany, 27-29 June 2011. ACM Press. DOI 10.1145/1999747.1999768

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