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Best Practice Toolkit for Gender Equality in Computing Education<\/h2>\n

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Best Practices to address Gender Inequality in Computing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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TechMate is being developed at TU Dublin as a best practice toolkit driving sustainable acceleration towards gender equality in the technology disciplines in Higher Education Institutions (HEI\u2019s).\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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This research was based on over 350 publications from all over the world. Materials in different languages as well as valuable sources outside of the common academic locations were assessed and categorised into logical groupings.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n

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TechMate contains practical guidance and ideas that are easy and straightforward to use and implement in your local setting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Driven<\/h2>\n

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All actions are based on existing research from all over the world. The guidance is linked to relevant publications and is supplied with templates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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TechMate collates best practices that are often hard to find and displays them clearly structured in a single place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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