This open letter published by the editors of Model View Culture – a website that publishes the original work of technologists, activists, writers, educators and artists. Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter from a group of women technologists and leaders, writing together to address the tech community: Divya Manian, Jessica Dillon, Sabrina Majeed,(…)
While great efforts have been made to get girls interested in Stem subjects, little is done to encourage men into teaching and nursing. The lack of women choosing to study science subjects at university has sparked both angst and action. Nearly 30 years ago the Wise Campaign was set up to inspire more girls to(…)
The UK is in need of at least 21,000 more IT staff by 2050 than previously predicted due to a surge in tech startups, according to a report from recruitment agency Randstad Technologies. Read on …
Why is it that, while women make up 49% of the UK labour force, they account for just 17% of IT and telecom professionals? What’s more, the promotion and visibility of Marissa Mayer, the recently promoted Yahoo chief executive, and Sheryl Sandberg, the number two at Facebook, comes as the number of women in the(…)
A new website that promises to teach people to code by ‘leveraging sexual desire’ has been branded “the worst thing on the internet this week” and the embodiment of “everything wrong with tech culture” – although no-one’s sure if it’s a spoof. Launched last week, CodeBabes features a string of short videosintroducing users to coding(…)
