Gender gap in education has gained considerable attention in recent years, as it carries
profound implications for the academic community. However, while the problem has been …

Although previous research has explored the correlation between teacher characteristics
and teaching quality, effective methods for identifying key factors that influence teaching …

In the higher education sector, student evaluations of teaching heavily influence the hiring
and promotion decision of lecturers. However many studies have found there to be a …

The software engineering community is realising that diversity plays a key role to the
creation of a successful and competitive context for software development and research …

In this dissertation, we present a series of algorithms and theoretically-grounded
interventions that enhance programmer productivity. By combining large-scale exploratory …