30 PROFESSOR MARGARET ROSS MBE
Emeritus Professor of Software Quality at Southampton Solent University
As a child, I wanted to work in a flower shop! At 14, I changed schools to start learning shorthand and bookkeeping, ready to start work at 16. I thought bookkeeping would suit me because I always liked playing about with numbers and maths, whereas my parents thought I would be a secretary.
However, my school had other thoughts and saw my potential; they moved me into the O-level stream and later talked to my parents and me about continuing for A-levels at a technical college.
Like many young pupils today, I had to make a choice in subjects. ...
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