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A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector.
January 2011
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Women cannot succeed in corporate environments due to lack of flexible working
- University of Gloucestershire 26 Jan 2011 -
Sacking Andy Gray: Lessons the technology industry can learn
- UK at eBay 26 Jan 2011 -
Are you a tech influencer, porn star or Sarah Palin?
- Business Editor 24 Jan 2011
Does the lack of flexible working in corporate environments prevent women with children from succeeding? A panel of women in business discussed the challenges they face at a Microsoft roundtable event
This week we have seen Andy Gray, Sky Sports commentator, lose his job over comments made about a female referee's assistant and a co-worker. Andy Gray is a dinosaur that is all too common in the ...
In an effort to represent women working in technology, a hideously pink flow chart by WPromote manages to trivialise and damage the status of women in IT
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How male domination in boardrooms can be tackled
- Business Editor 24 Jan 2011 -
Are you social or anti-social? Notes from the #BCSsocial event
- University of Gloucestershire 21 Jan 2011 -
Debate over "hopeless" female entrepreneurs and paying-to-pitch: Telegraph vs. The NextWomen
- University of Gloucestershire 19 Jan 2011 -
How government funding cuts are impacting women. The backlash continues.
- University of Gloucestershire 17 Jan 2011 -
Top 10 women in Silicon Valley wield different sort of power to men?
- University of Gloucestershire 17 Jan 2011 -
Interesting read: Google exec, Marissa Mayer chats about tech industry gender lines
- University of Gloucestershire 14 Jan 2011 -
Re-inventing the wheel, elliptical wheels and hexagonal wheels: The backlash against government cuts
- University of Gloucestershire 13 Jan 2011
In reaction to Lord Davies's report on how to tackle male domination in the boardroom and the possibility of introducing quotas for female execs, Helena Morrissey says more part-time and home-based ...
Last night at BCS central London branch / BCS Women event, @JemimaG, @JoanneJacobs and @LJRich discussed the pros and cons of social media, chaired by @Dr_Black
The Telgraph's Milo Yiannopoulos has painted an unflattering view of women working in technology and criticised The NextWomen for charging female entrepreneurs to pitch at its events. Are women ...
Following my post last week about the funding cuts for the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, Clare Grant from the women in mobile data association has got in touch
For the first time, Mercury News has compiled a list of the 10 most powerful women in Silicon Valley's tech industry. Does it show women wield a different sort of power to men within tech ...
Interesting interview with Google exec, Marissa Mayer: tech shouldn't divide along gender lines
Chi Onwurah, shadow minister for BIS has criticised the government's funding cuts
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More than a quarter of women working in IT are ICT managers
- University of Gloucestershire 12 Jan 2011 -
Extra week to apply for CWT everywoman in technology awards
- University of Gloucestershire 12 Jan 2011 -
Girl-only ICT school lessons reject Star Trek and Cheetos
- University of Gloucestershire 05 Jan 2011
Recent figures released by E-Skills UK compared how many men compared to women are doing different jobs within IT and telecoms
The entry deadline for the CWT everywoman in technology awards has been extended by a week to Friday 14th January
A school in Ontario has introduced girl-only ICT lessons to avoid the 'Star Trek and Cheetos' stereotype and encourage more females into IT careers