Inspiring 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 [more >]
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BBC 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 [more >]
Remember 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 – [more >]
Women 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 [more >]
Ashley Ross-Breen reporting on “BCSWomen take the 148th Girl Guides to Code Clan!” in May
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 [more >]
Caitlin Clark’s Report on the BCSWomen Scotland’s March event with the 148th Edinburgh Girl Guides
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 [more >]
Presentation on “Ada Lovelace: the Making of a Computer Scientist” at the Oxford Literary Festival
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 [more >]
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 Engineer See more at https://www.bookworks.com/book/my-mummy-is-an-engineer/ Contributed by Nela Brown
Balancing 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=UVwVlymhzi4 Nela Brown of [more >]
Amanda 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 [more >]