Tag: Code First: Girls
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 and 30% of web design professionals in the UK - but this drops to just 5% when it comes to women holding leadership positions in…
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 one qualified woman for every 115 roles in tech by 2025 Tech industry also has a particularly stark socio-economic gap, with only 19% of employees…
7 Tech Leaders give their predictions for 2021
Image: Tech leader Anna Brailsford, CEO, Code First Girls. Courtesy of WeAreTechWomen. 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 but their continual thriving. In a year that could…
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 a third of female IT professionals in the UK were put off by the unequal gender split in tech when starting their career. The study…
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 First: Girls 20:20 Campaign. The partnership represents a commitment by Trainline, Europe’s leading independent rail and coach platform, to support the work of Code First:…
