Tag: Code First: Girls
Code First Girls reaches 200,000 coding milestone
Code First Girls, the UK’s largest provider of free coding education for women, announced today that it has reached the major milestone of having taught over 200,000 women to code. […]
Tech skills training failing women in AI age, report claims
Women are 40% more likely to have their work replaced by automation than men 80% of women in tech say they are not getting the career development they want A […]
40% of female entrepreneurs report gender-based discrimination
A new survey by social enterprise Code First Girls has found that 40% of female entrepreneurs have faced gender-based discrimination whilst in a leadership role. 61% also agreed that, in terms of the […]
9 in 10 neurodivergent employees report burnout in tech sector
90% of female neurodivergent employees are experiencing burnout in the tech sector, according to the latest research by social enterprise Code First Girls. In the UK alone, there are […]
Code First Girls aims to boost women in tech leadership roles
Tech diversity champions Code First Girls have today launched their Mid-Level Accelerator (MLA) course, aimed to develop and accelerate women’s technology careers. Currently, women make up 19% of Information Technology […]
Three quarters of women from lower socio-economic backgrounds not encouraged to pursue tech career
Women make up just one in four in tech industry, with new research revealing those from lower socio-economic backgrounds face particularly big barriers It’s estimated that there will be only […]
7 Tech Leaders give their predictions for 2021
The digital age is upon us – 2020 threw up some unexpected challenges for a wealth of different industries but tech has remained crucial not only to their very survival […]
1 in 3 female IT professionals put off by the lack of diversity, claims Kaspersky Lab
Today marks International Women in STEM day and while the UK tech sector growth is outpacing the rest of the UK economy, new research from Kaspersky Lab has found that more than […]
Trainline partners with Code First: Girls to get 20K women coding for free
Online travel app Trainline and Code First: Girls have announced a partnership to help 20,000 women in the UK to code for free by 2020, as part of the Code […]
