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PyCon: Eben Upton on the Raspberry PiPyCon: Eben Upton on the Raspberry PiPosted Mar 22, 2013 13:05 UTC (Fri) by dps (subscriber, #5725)Parent article: PyCon: Eben Upton on the Raspberry Pi
If you go to a university you find the obvious subjects, like mathematics, computer science and other numerate subjects are male dominated. I won't say girls can't do them: when I was getting a 2:1 a female got 3+ firsts in mathematics. Most ordinary but not dim males did manage a single first.
While females were a minority the number of girls in science was less than the intake would suggest. Given the university in question I suspect that this was due to suitably qualified girls not applying.
python is not a bad choice of programming language. While it does have advanced features there is no compulsion to use them and you can do a significant amount with a small program. There is no need to explain the various ways of implementing lots of higher level types that would be required if you used C or BASIC instead.
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PyCon: Eben Upton on the Raspberry Pi Posted Mar 22, 2013 21:27 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] when I was getting a 2:1 a female got 3+ firsts in mathematics. Most ordinary but not dim males did manage a single first. Can somebody translate this?
PyCon: Eben Upton on the Raspberry Pi Posted Mar 22, 2013 22:05 UTC (Fri) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] Can somebody translate this? In the UK, a »first« is the highest grade for undergraduate degrees. »2:1« is the second highest. See the Wikipedia page.
British undergraduate degree classifications Posted Mar 23, 2013 22:02 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] Thanks; that was new to me. The context doesn't seem to be talking about grades of undergraduate degrees, though."a female got 3+ firsts in mathematics" would have to mean a person received multiple undergraduate degrees in mathematics, which doesn't make sense, and "Most ordinary but not dim males did manage a single first" would similarly mean a student typically receives a large number of these grades.
British undergraduate degree classifications Posted Mar 24, 2013 12:14 UTC (Sun) by peter-b (subscriber, #66996) [Link]
At Oxford and Cambridge universities, honours are not awarded to degrees but to examinations. For example, in my Engineering M.Eng course, I got a II.1 class in my Part IA examinations, a I class in Part IB and IIA, and a Distinction in Part IIB (the M.Eng examinations are not awarded honours: you can get a pass, merit or distinction). So I got two firsts and a II.1.
In Maths, the course structure is made up of the BA (three years, Parts IA, IB and II) and, if you do well enough in your BA, the M.Math (a.k.a. Part III --- this used to be called the Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics). You could, in principle, get up to four firsts in Mathematics.
I hope that is as clear as mud. :-)
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