The issue of recruiting women in STEM is sometimes blamed on the lack of role model women scientists. There are some very nice posters produced by QMUL with images of women’s contributions to computer science. https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/2020/03/03/women-in-computing-free-posters-for-uk-schools-from-iocoding-digitalskillsmatter-jb/ Two organisations are seeking
Introducing recipients of the Tata Consultancy Services Digital Explorers Bursary
Leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) made a generous gift in support of undergraduate students of Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London earlier this year. The significant donation was used to
Institute of Coding: Flexible learning improves diversity in HE
The UK-wide lockdown has resulted in universities who may have had a traditional model for course delivery with in person teaching, move to more flexible approaches, with pre-recorded lectures, Zoom tutorials and peer support channels over Discord becoming the norm.
Doing it anyway
Tech talent charter’s “doing it anyway” campaign is helping women get into tech careers. They list inspiring stories from women who started out or retrained into tech careers. They also encourage training through the Institute of Coding and have a
WES Virtual Student Conference 2020
On Friday 20th November the Women in Engineering Society is hosting a virtual conference for all women engineering undergraduates aged 18+ with talks, meeting spaces, panels and webinars focusing on the theme ‘Shape the World’. As well as keynotes by
Women in Science and Engineering #1ofThe Million Day
The Women in Science and Engineering group (WISE) are celebrating the fact that there are more than 1 million women working in core STEM roles across the UK for the first time ever. To celebrate this they are creating a
Highlighting women in signal processing
The IEEE signal processing society has begun a new series highlighting women in signal processing. This begins this month with a profile of Dr. Mari Ostendorf. https://signalprocessingsociety.org/newsletter/2020/10/series-highlight-women-signal-processing-dr-mari-ostendorf
Resources for schools for Black History Month
This month is Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the achievements, contributions and histories of Black people in the UK and around the world. Professor Paul Curzon and Jane Waite at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
EPSRC Survey on gender diversity in large grant applications
Earlier this year UKRI published aggregated diversity data regarding grant applications and successes, with findings that women and ethnic minorities apply for and are awarded smaller amounts. More recently some finer grained data was released showing furthermore that the award
Winners of the European Tech Women Awards announced
The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) announced the winners of the first edition of the European Tech Women Awards. This took place virtually during London Tech Week on 2 September. The event recognised the accomplishments of 24 women from