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Diversity advice from the experts: diversity inclusion after hiring
- Business Editor 12 Jul 2016 -
GUEST BLOG: How creative computing will help narrow the gender gap
- Business Editor 11 Jul 2016 -
Everywoman extends deadline for entries to the 2016 NatWest Everywoman awards
- Business Editor 07 Jul 2016
I recently spoke to Judith Williams, the global head of diversity at Dropbox, about how to increase and sustain diversity in tech and the wider workplace. Unsurprisingly, Williams explains that the ...
In this contributed blog post Lee Scott, creative computing subject leader at Bath Spa University, explains how utilising creative computing technologies could help encourage more girls into ...
The deadline to enter the annual NatWest Everywoman awards has been extended to allow more female business owners to put themselves forward. Female entrepreneurs now have until Monday July 11 to ...
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GUEST BLOG: The tech sector needs more female role models
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GUEST BLOG: To create more female engineers, we need to create more strong female role models
- Business Editor 29 Jun 2016 -
GUEST BLOG: Five inspirational women in tech (and what we can learn from them)
- Business Editor 29 Jun 2016 -
Ex-Thomas Cook CEO, now IBM exec Harriet Green on women in IT
- Editor in chief 08 Jun 2016 -
The career diaries of two women in tech
- Business Editor 03 Jun 2016 -
The key to gender diversity is closer than we think
- Business Editor 31 May 2016 -
How can London ensure IT gender balance?
- Business Editor 16 May 2016
In this guest blog by Steve Brown, programme Manager at Next Tech Girls, Brown discusses the need for more female role models in the tech industry to encourage girls to pursue tech roles. Gender ...
In this contributed blog post, Elaine Baker, the engineering director for the Applied Intelligence division of BAE Systems, explains the need for strong female role models in building the next ...
In this contributed blog post Ellie Martin, co-founder of the Startup Change Group, highlights five women who act as an inspiration to others in the technology industry, and how we can all learn ...
Few female business leaders in the UK have smashed through the glass ceiling into the male-dominated worlds of the boardroom and the City as successfully as Harriet Green. Now running IBM's global ...
In this contributed blog post, two women at differed points in their careers describe their experiences persuing a career in the tech industry. Ritu Mahandru, vice-president of application delivery ...
This contributed blog post by Jo Cruse, communication lead at Stemettes, looks into diversity in Stem-based careers, and how far away we really are from a gender diverse workplace. It is often the ...
In this contributed blog post, Jacquelyn Guderley, co-founder and managing director of social enterprise Stemettes, discusses the role social organisations can play in promoting diversity in the ...
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About the blog
21 Apr 2016 -
Collaborative approach required to help the North fulfil its digital ambitions
- Business Editor 19 Apr 2016 -
Tech in Manchester: a man's world
- Business Editor 14 Apr 2016 -
Why gender equality is good business
- Business Editor 30 Mar 2016 -
Could 2016 be the tipping point for women in tech?
- Business Editor 21 Mar 2016
A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector.
In this contributed blog post, Katie Gallagher, managing director at the North West's digital trade association Manchester Digital, discusses the use of collaboration in narrowing the skills gap. ...
In this contributed blog post, HR consultant for Equality Pays Michelle Gyimah discusses the lack of women in Manchester-based businesses. Back in February 2016 I attended the Manchester Digital ...
In this contributed blog post, Andrew Lawson, UK and Ireland managing director for Salesforce, discusses the business benefits of gender equality I've recently pledged my support for the United ...
This bylined article by Eileen O'Mara, senior VP sales EMEA at Salesforce, explains why 2016 may be the year for women in tech. The theme of this year's International Women's Day - Pledge for ...