Juliet Flavell’s Presentation on Cloud Technologies
You can view Juliet Flavell’s presentation on “Silver Linings: Cloudy with a Chance of High Pressure – Experiences of Cloud Technologies in an SME Law Firm” at the following address:...
View ArticleMiriam Redi to speak at Joint BCSWomen Explore Science Meeting 24 Oct 2016
Title: Joint Meeting of BCSWomen and Explore Science with speaker, Miriam Redi. Time: 6 pm for a 6:30 start and finish 8:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Venue: BCS Southampton Street This...
View ArticleStemettes and Monster invite young women to #MonsterConfidence UK tour
Stemettes and Monster are pleased to announce the #MonsterConfidence UK tour taking place this Autumn. 1,600 young women across Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham and Cardiff will be hosted at free half day...
View ArticleAda Lovelace Day Live at the IET: Oct 11 Early Bird Tickets on sale
A message from the founder of Ada Lovelace Day: “We’d love to tell you about this year’s Ada Lovelace Day Live, in London on 11 October. We’ve got Early Bird tickets on sale now, which are going fast!...
View Article“Girls Who Code” Rock! Girls Do Code – Get Real!
About These Videos Teen girls are bombarded with messages that coding is not for them. In fact, several studies cite negative stereotypes and media portrayals as top reasons why girls are opting out of...
View ArticletechUK and WISE “People Like Me” goes digital – launch on 31st January 2017
Invitation to the launch of ‘People Like Me’ goes digital – designed to attract more girls into STEM subjects and careers, 31st January 2017: a message from Maggie Berry, Executive Director for Europe...
View ArticleAda Lovelace, Poet of Science: A Lovely Children’s Book About the World’s...
Review BY MARIA POPOVA Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: A Lovely Children’s Book About the World’s First Computer Programmer “It seizes points in common, between subjects having no very apparent...
View ArticleAmanda Clare’s Blog: Ada Lovelace and her contribution to computer science
Amanda writes: “Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) is known as the first computer programmer. What did she really contribute to computing? So many blog posts, articles and books get bogged down describing her...
View ArticleBalancing Tech: Women at the Forefront of Gender Balance: The Video
Watch the video and its 2 minute trailer on YouTube: Balancing Tech: Women at the Forefront of Gender Balance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQBUhwLtPg&t=17s Trailer:...
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This is great book list for kids: future engineers!
This is great book list for future engineers: http://www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk/schools-engagement/news/books-budding-engineers-ucl-engineering-favourites/ Especially recommended: My Mummy is an...
View ArticlePresentation on “Ada Lovelace: the Making of a Computer Scientist” at the...
Miranda Seymour and Ursula Martin will speak on “Ada Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist” on 19 March 2018 at 4:00pm in the Weston Lecture Theatre, University of Oxford. “Two biographers of...
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Caitlin Clark’s Report on the BCSWomen Scotland’s March event with the 148th...
BCSWomen Scotland organised an evening in March with the 148th Edinburgh Girl Guides. The Guides are working towards their STEM badge, so we invited them along to Sopra Steria’s Edinburgh Digilab to...
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Ashley Ross-Breen reporting on “BCSWomen take the 148th Girl Guides to Code...
BCSWomen take the 148th Girl Guides to Code Clan! BCSWomen Scotland worked with CodeClan in Edinburgh to plan, coordinate and deliver an interactive coding workshop for the 148th Girl Guide unit on...
View ArticleWomen in Computing Festival 2018 coming to Cambridge in September-October 2018
This year’s Women in Computing festival will run from 24 September to 14 October 2018 and the theme will be Her Story. The focus will be on celebrating the women who work or have worked in technology...
View ArticleRemember the BCSWomen Appathon at Glasgow University in June 2015!
The University of Glasgow produced a video around two events that were happening at the same time on campus on the 13th of June – our awesome BCSWomen Appathon and also a Computing At Schools event. I...
View ArticleBBC Video You can’t be what you can’t see – Women in STEM speak out!
‘You can’t be what you can’t see’ Women in STEM careers share top tips on how to get ahead in the field. Watch the video here:...
View ArticleInspiring girls to explore cyber security
The head of a Gloucestershire school, in partnership with GCHQ, is determined to inspire the next generation of female cyber security experts. Claire Penketh, Senior PR Officer at BCS, met him. Read...
View ArticleJo Stansfield’s blog on Discussions at the Houses of Parliament about primary...
Curiosity-led learning: For the benefit of children and our future workforce “Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure to attend a discussion hosted at the Houses of Parliament, led by the inspirational...
View ArticleFree Posters Celebrating Women Role Models in Science, Technology, and Math
The website “A Mighty Girl” offers a wonderful set of inspiring posters celebrating women role models in STEM and inspiring stories about women in STEM. The posters include Cynthia Breazeal, Julianna...
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Dr Frances Grundy’s Book: RIGHTING THE WRONG Closing the Gender Gap in Computing
RIGHTING THE WRONG Closing the Gender Gap in Computing We see girls and women everywhere using electronic devices; phones, tablets, laptops very proficiently, so what’s the problem? It is a real, a...
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