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A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector.
Recent Posts
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The women in tech who are talking about menopause
- Business Editor 23 Mar 2023 -
Why security needs a holistic approach to gender diversity
- Business Editor 14 Mar 2023 -
Everywoman announces 2023 tech awards finalists
- Business Editor 16 Feb 2023
The prospect of paid menopause leave is something that has been frequently discussed in the news this year, with Labour claiming if it wins the next election it will require large firms to have ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Kris Lovejoy, global security and resilience practice leader at Kyndryl talks about the skillsets needed for a career in security. As a business leader ...
The finalists for the 2023 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards have been announced prior to the awards ceremony in March. Each year the professional women’s network, in partnership with ...
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01 Founders: the coding course where students teach each other
- Business Editor 02 Feb 2023 -
Women in Dev – redressing the balance
- Business Editor 16 Dec 2022 -
Why am I the only girl in my A-Level computer science class?
- Business Editor 25 Oct 2022 -
Here come the girls: why quashing STEM biases starts at school
- Business Editor 19 Aug 2022 -
How can the UK's High Potential Visa close the digital skills gap
- Business Editor 12 Aug 2022 -
What do teens think about tech subjects?
- Business Editor 20 Jul 2022 -
Accessibility is excluding the neurodivergent
- Business Editor 18 May 2022
There are several different routes into technology, each posing their own challenges, yet a lack diversity and skills shortages still persist in the UK’s tech sector. “We guarantee a job to every ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Ana Cidre, head of International developer relations at Okta, talks about the steps businesses can take right now to start redressing the balance for ...
GUEST BLOG: Bella Grimsey, a student in her second year of computer science A-Level, explains the challenges and pressures of being a lone female in class, and why the tech syllabus needs to change ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post Helen Walker, director of global operations at edtech firm, RM, discusses when gender biases start in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post Sheila Flavell, COO of FDM Group and president of TechUK, explains how the High Potential Visa can ease the digital skills gap and generate growth With the ...
GUEST BLOG: The tech industry is notorious for being heavily male, with many blaming the early pipeline for deterring girls from choosing to study tech-based subjects or consider tech careers later ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Craig Abbott, head of accessibility for DWP, explains the pros and cons of the current guidelines around web accessibility, and shares what companies need ...
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The urgent case for getting women into STEM
- Business Editor 10 May 2022 -
Everywoman announces 2022 Women in Tech Awards winners
- Business Editor 11 Mar 2022 -
Everywoman announces 2022 tech awards finalists
- Business Editor 15 Feb 2022 -
Making 2022 a good year for female talent
- Business Editor 07 Feb 2022 -
Data science and diversity
- Business Editor 07 Feb 2022
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Sheila Flavell CBE, COO of FDM Group, explains why it's so important to get women into STEM roles, and why now is the time to do so. Over two years on ...
Network for women in business, everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s Technology Awards, in partnership with FDM. Each year the everywoman in Technology Awards aim to celebrate women ...
The finalists for the 2022 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards have been announced prior to the awards ceremony in March. Each year the professional women’s network, in partnership with FDM, ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Claudia Harris, CEO of Makers, talks about ways that businesses can promote diversity to make 2022 a good year for female talent. Software bootcamp Makers ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Amy Sharif, head of data science at decision intelligence company Peak, discusses how data science can become a more accessible field for women. Data ...