Lady on the BCS Council “Rubi Speaks”: A new blog by BCSWomen’s Rubi Kaur
This year I was elected onto the BCS Council for a 3 year term. I was really touched by the number of people who kindly [more >]
Member achievements & news
Dr Hannah Dee Stands Up for Soapbox Science: You Can, Too!
In early June, people shopping in central Cardiff were subjected to an unusual sight: a set of women in scientific white coats, standing on soapboxes, [more >]
Dr Hannah Dee Receives Meritorious Service Award from the BCS for her work with BCSWomen and the Mid-Wales Branch
These awards are given to BCS members for significant achievements and benefits to BCS as a direct result of the volunteer’s personal contributions to two [more >]
New Women on the BCS Council elected March 2016
Many congratulations on being elected onto the BCS Council to Paula Clarendon, Irene Glendinning, Rubi Kaur, Haiyan Wu, and Gillian Arnold as Vice-President, Trustee Director [more >]
Dr Louise Brown awarded EPSRC Research Software Engineering Fellowship
Dr Louise Brown, Research Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, has recently been awarded an EPSRC Research Software Engineering (RSE) Fellowship. There [more >]
Sarah Burnett’s prediction on the future of call centres
Sarah Burnett of BCSWomen quoted in the Economist: “Software robots are only going to become faster, cleverer and cheaper. Sarah Burnett of Everest, a research [more >]
Dr Sue Black, BCSWomen Founder, awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours
Check this out – (one fifth of the way down the page): “Dr Susan Elizabeth Black. Honorary senior research associate in computer science, University College [more >]
200+ photos for 200th anniversary of birth of Ada Lovelace
BCSWomen encouraged groups of women working in IT to support the 200th anniversary of Ada Lovelace’s birth by taking a group ‘selfie’ and posting it [more >]
BCSWomen Founder Sue Black interviewed at Apps World
Dr Sue Black talks about setting up #BCSWomen, about #womenintech, Dame Steve Shirley and her book, Saving Bletchley Park. View the video here. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8eHnGbRaBvk&feature=youtu.be&a=
BCS’ Gillian Arnold wins Inspiration of the Year Award at the Everywoman in Technology Awards
Gillian Arnold, Chair of BCSWomen, part of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has won this year’s Inspiration of the Year Award at the Cisco [more >]