Prof Sally Smith's Projects (10)

“Empowering Indonesian women in STEM: Building resilience through network, advisers and role models Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Strengthening pathways into employment for women graduates:
Affirming their major choices
Championing female role models in STEM
Facilitating networking of STEM career choices
Providing support system for women in STEM

Investigating and improving induction training for CS work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion Aug 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2024
This study investigates and induction training for Computing work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion. Through the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC) the study will gather information from computing depar... Read More about Investigating and improving induction training for CS work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion.

Placements for tech start-ups and scalars Jan 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023
The aim of this proposal is to prepare the groundwork for a sustainable pipeline for placement students wanting to work in tech Scale-ups and Start-ups in Scotland. Employers and students will be provided with information to make reasoned decisions.... Read More about Placements for tech start-ups and scalars.

Role Models Framework Pilot Jan 24, 2022 - May 13, 2022
This project follows on from the project Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology, which created the Five Aspects Framework. This project pilots and evaluates the framework.

Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology Feb 12, 2021 - May 31, 2021
This project will examine what tertiary education institutions are doing to help tackle the gender imbalance in their Digital Technology courses. It will focus on the area of positive female role models and their use to raise awareness, aspirations a... Read More about Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology.

Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships Oct 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2025
The aim is to understand the myriad sources of gender stereotyping that impact on young people’s choices around apprenticeships and work-based learning (WBL). First, by a policy and literature review around occupational segregation in apprenticeships... Read More about Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships.

Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia Feb 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2018
The overarching aim of this study is to investigate how universities are preparing IT students for the global labour market. The focus of this study is entrepreneurship which is now given high priority in public policy. Fostering entrepreneurial acti... Read More about Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia.

Westmont Systems Ltd Jun 1, 1999 - May 31, 2001
To develop a design framework for integrating industrial control system networks with corporate knowledge based on distributed computer networks whilst allowing remote access to all data.

e-Placement Scotland Nov 1, 2010 - Jul 31, 2022
Between 2010 and 2014, e-Placement Scotland worked with industry to create over 800 paid placements for students in Scotland’s universities and colleges. The project team disseminated widely to both education and business sectors in order to maximise... Read More about e-Placement Scotland.

Can pay, should pay? a comparison of outcomes for paid and unpaid work opportunities for employers and students. Oct 1, 2012 - Jan 4, 2013
We have published the following papers:
 
Smith, C., Smith, S., Irving, C. 2013 Can pay? Should pay? A comparison of outcomes for paid and unpaid work opportunities for employers and students, HEA STEM: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2... Read More about Can pay, should pay? a comparison of outcomes for paid and unpaid work opportunities for employers and students..