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Ada Scotland Employer Breakfast Takeaways – Thursday 5 October 2023

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This breakfast event brought together tech, business and HR leaders from diverse but tech-driven organisations to explore the challenges and solutions to recruiting and retaining talent with gender in mind. Discussion was led by the tech and HR leads at Smarter Grid Solutions and Equator: Nicola Menzies and Catherine McNeil at Smarter Grid SolutionsCarole Logan and Alena Kovina at Equator Recruitment – mindset challenges to address: Recruitment Challenges at an Education level: How to engage with schools and colleges: Advocating for female colleagues to improve retention: A few other ideas (not mentioned during discussion) Notes courtesy of Nicola Menzies of … Continue reading Ada Scotland Employer Breakfast Takeaways – Thursday 5 October 2023

Apprentices, Careers, Graduates, Students

Napier STEM presents: Women and gender minorities in STEM careers event

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ome along to our careers event for students studying Computing and Engineering degrees. This is a great opportunity to gain insight into industry, along with a chance meet other women and gender minorities in STEM. We will also be providing free ice cream!
IN-PERSON
14:00 Wednesday 11 October 2023
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Apprentices, Careers, Employers, Graduates, high school, job changers, Parents, Students, Teachers

Morgan Stanley presents: Live Podcast Recording with Tandy Nicole

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Tandy Nicole is the award-winning founder of Womennetic, a grassroots community organisation committed to creating channels for marginalized women, particularly asylum seekers and refugees, to get into tech.
IN-PERSON
18:30 Friday 13 October 2023
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ada.scot & ScotlandIS: Employer Roundtable Breakfast Gender Balance in Tech

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In this roundtable breakfast event you will hear from organisations providing insights into how to maximise your reach when recruiting, from young tech stars on their journey and employers exploring workplace issues specific to gender and how to address them.
IN-PERSON
09:00 Thursday 5 October 2023
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Apprentices, Careers, Graduates, Past Events

How technology can provide business opportunities. A Women Entrepreneurship Week event

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This in-person event brings together Dr Carla Brown, Game Doctor Ltd, Prof Norin Arshed, University of Dundee and Gillian Fleming, Mint Ventures in a panel session followed by discussion and networking.

17:30 Wednesday 19 October 2022
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Apprentices, Careers, Graduates, Past Events, Students

Barclays presents: Am I too technical to be promoted?

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Barclays Women in Technology network are delighted to host a panel event to discuss the careers of senior female technologists. Our panel members are all senior colleagues in the business and will include roles such as software developers and product owners, amongst others.

11:00 Tuesday 25 October 2022
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dressCode’s Hopper Awards

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The aim of this award is to provide a specific opportunity for female pupils to achieve success in Computing Science in their school. This award is supported by JPMorgan, we hope that this also raises awareness to parents and guardians that Computing Science is an important subject. There is one FREE award available for every secondary school in Scotland. The name of our award is “The Hopper Award for Excellence in Computing Science” named in honour of Grace Hopper, a pioneer of computer programming. Find out more and apply for your Award Continue reading dressCode’s Hopper Awards