Ada Lovelace day is held on the second Tuesday in October and celebrates women working in STEM around the world. This year it will be purely online but you can find videos from previous years on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRRgOeJy5Pk&list=PLKLzYBTgfhxk-1zF3_XX4CidwNB4wEKBc In 2019
Race Equality Action Group looking for volunteers
A new group focussing on race equality has been formed at Queen Mary. It is currently looking for volunteers to help out with priorities including: the ethnicity pay gap, supporting career progression, reducing student attainment gaps and investigating issues with
Tata Consultancy Services launches new bursary scheme to support the next generation of computer scientists at Queen Mary
The School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London is delighted to receive a significant donation from Tata Consultancy Services in support of 10 female Computer Science students and 10 students from low income households.
UKRI harmonised diversity data
Earlier this summer, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) published data on diversity characteristics for the last 5 years, harmonised over its seven research councils. Quoting from UKRI: The dataset contains data on four protected characteristics (sex, age, ethnicity, disability) for:
Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?
A recent report from UN Women, the United Nations organisation dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, examined the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on gender equality: This paper presents the latest evidence on the gendered impact of
WISE schools outreach project
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) are looking for female volunteers to be part of their schools outreach project. Their aim is to run events that will encourage more young women to take up computer science. They are recruiting right
ACM WomENcourage 2020
The 7th ACM celebration of women in computing is going to be virtually hosted from 24th to 27th September by ADA university in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event is aimed at bringing together women in computing from a variety of disciplines
Queen Mary launch masters conversion programme in Data Science and AI and scholarships
The School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary is launching a new programme in Data Science and AI in September 2020. The MSc Data Science and AI is a conversion master’s designed for motivated students who have
Turning words into actions: Eliminating racism and racial inequality in higher education
quoting from universitiesuk.ac.uk: This webinar will look at how institutions can effectively respond and take action to identify and implement change, and embed this across their university. We will hear lived experiences, as well as from university leadership and practitioners working
QMUL EDI Team Book and Podcast Recommendations
The QMUL EDI Team has updated their Recommended Books and Podcasts webpages. This is a publicly available webpage, containing a number of books and podcasts relating to equality, diversity and inclusion.