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[ONLINE] Ada Scotland Festival launch

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

The Ada Scotland Festival brings together organisations who are keen to bring more women and girls into computing and IT. It is: a celebration, aligned to Ada Lovelace Day, a new network, joining up people and activities in this space, a hub for girls and young women (e.g. at school) to get inspired about opportunities […]

Free

[ONLINE] Q&A with Barclays’ Software Engineering Graduate Apprentices

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join Kathleen West and Laura Nixon from Barclays to hear about their experience of working for one of the world’s most recognisable financial institutions while studying for a Software Engineering degree with the University of Glasgow.

Free

[ONLINE] CodeBase LevelUp: Digital Skills 4 Girls

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

17:00 – 17:30 Session 1: Create Your Own Minecraft World Using Javascript. Who is it for? Girls aged 10-14 (approx) who are interested in learning new coding skills or improving existing skills. 17:30 – 18:00 Session 2: Build Your Own Platform Video Game Who is it for? Girls aged 10-14 who wants to learn more […]

Free

[ONLINE] QuantumBlack Career Session

Online

An hour session introducing a Software Engineer, a Front End Engineer, a Data Engineer and a Data Scientist from QuantumBlack in a series of 4 short talks. Speakers will introduce their role, what their day-to-day looks like, and share about a project they’ve recently worked on. The session will conclude with a Q&A moderated by […]

Free

[ONLINE] My World of Work Live! Game Design

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Using Microsoft Makecode, create your very own video game. Pick up some coding skills and learn about the careers that this can lead to!

Free

[ONLINE] Building Confidence in Girls – Baroness Goudie and Melissa Di Donato

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Tune into this 30-minute live discussion to hear from Baroness Goudie and Inner Wings founder and SUSE CEO, Melissa Di Donato. Topics they will discuss include Melissa’s career journey that has led her to becoming CEO of the leading private open-source software company, the importance of mentoring, and how Inner Wings hopes to help the […]

Free

[ONLINE] Women in Computing – Dr Carol Marsh

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Women started off as ‘Human Computers’, then with the advent of Electronic Computers, they became programmers. Women innovation’s in computing have changed modern life, but they have remained hidden until now. In this talk by Dr Carol Marsh, Deputy Head of Electronics Engineering at Leonardo, which celebrates Ada Lovelace Day, we will learn about some […]

Free

[ONLINE] NatWest Women In Technology Q&A

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join members of the NatWest Women in Tech network, as we discuss our various pathways into working in technology and the exciting career and development opportunities that are available when working for one of the largest financial services groups.

Free

[ONLINE] BCS Women Leadership Style Quiz

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Do you love to take a quiz, like on social media and in magazines? Join our leadership style quiz event and you’ll be able to take a quiz matching you to your leadership style. We’ll also look at the strengths associated with your style and discuss whether the quiz was spot on or missed the […]

Free

[ONLINE] BCS Women Lessons to my teenage self

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Whilst we all learn from our mistakes, it’s even better to learn from other people’s! This is your opportunity to hear the experiences of young women who have started a career related to tech.

Free

[ONLINE] My Story – Mahum Khan (Women in Games Ambassador)

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Mahum Khan is the Lead Quality Assurance engineer for Arthur Technologies. She specializes in Game development pipelines, Unity real-time engine and Virtual Reality Technologies. Mahum will talk about her career journey, highs and lows, and what she’s learned along the way. There will be an opportunity for questions at the end.

Free

[ONLINE] Why you (and your children) should know about the world of technology

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Find out about the fantastic opportunities that exist in the world of technology and how knowing about technology can open up a rewarding career. Tasha is a JP Morgan Business Analyst working in Wholesale Credit Risk Transformation Technology on a strategic Machine Learning based Platform.

Free

[ONLINE] Abertay University & Abertay Ethical Hacking Society

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Committed to promoting cybersecurity as an exciting area to study work, with a wide range of career prospects to suit all tastes. Dr Natalie Coull, Head of Division of Cybersecurity and Sarah Cunningham, 4th year Ethical Hacking student and President of the Abertay Ethical Hacking Society will have a live discussion on the wide range […]

Free

[ONLINE] Leidos presents: No Wrong Path to Tech

Ada Scotland Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join our interactive virtual panel event on 26th October from 10:30-11:00 to hear from four amazing women whose careers started off very differently. We’ll be exploring how alternative learning paths can all lead to exciting careers in technology

Ada Scotland Festival Launch Event 2023 hosted by Barclays

Barclays (Scotland) 4 Clyde Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Once again we are delighted to announce that Barclays will be hosting the Ada Scotland Festival Launch event at their fantastic campus on the Clyde on 3 October 2023. Over 100 students and teachers from across the West of Scotland will be convening at the campus for an afternoon of presentations, interactive and educational games […]

[ONLINE] My World of Work Live Games Design for the classroom

Online, Scotland

An interactive online design-a-game session delivered by My World of Work Live for the classroom What to expect: Have you ever wanted to build your own computer game? Join My World of Work Live for this virtual interactive session where you will create your own computer game and character, and bring it to life with […]

Barclays presents: Think Like a Fintech & Early Careers Panel

Barclays (Scotland) 4 Clyde Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Making the leap from education to tech career? Young tech pro's share their insights followed by Think Like a FinTech workshop. Join us! What to expect: On the 4th of October we would like to invite you to an early careers information session and design workshop hosted in our Glasgow campus. Featuring Aspiring Developer, Higher […]

[ONLINE] How teaching tech innovation can help shape the future for young Scots

Online, Scotland

Hear from Apps for Good about how their free computing courses will inspire Scottish changemakers of tomorrow. Apps for Good are thrilled to be part of the Ada Scotland Festival again this year. Since 2000, the number of young women in Scotland taking computing science at school/college has been on a dramatic downward trajectory. The […]

ada.scot & ScotlandIS: Gender Balance in Tech Employer Roundtable Breakfast

University of Glasgow, The ARC 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow

From Recruitment to Retention and reversing the “brilliance bias”. Creating a work environment where all flourish, regardless of gender. Content: This informal roundtable session will include spotlight presentations addressing: - Crucial factors for recruiting with gender diversity in mind - Understanding the experience of young females in the tech space - Creating a work environment […]

BBC Scotland Presents: Exploring Tech Careers in Media

BBC Scotland 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, United Kingdom

What to expect: Are you keen to learn more about the STEM career opportunities available at BBC Scotland? Do you want to widen and strengthen your professional networks? If so then this is the event for you. Join us at BBC Scotland for a lively panel discussion involving colleagues from the BBC Tech & Product […]

Barclays & UofG presents: Build Your Brand

Barclays (Scotland) 4 Clyde Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom

What to expect: Barclays is proud to be presenting “Build your Brand” as part of the Ada Scotland Festival 2023. Come join us at our Glasgow campus where we will be hosting a range of stalls and clinics aimed to enhance your employability within the technology industry. Grab a free headshot with a professional photographer […]

Free

RGU Ada Scotland Networking Event for High Schools

School of Computing, Robert Gordon University The Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Rd, Garthdee, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Join us at the Ada Scot Networking Event on October 10th, 2023, hosted by the School of Computing at Robert Gordon University, for an empowering day dedicated to building gender balance in computing! Our Barclay’s sponsored event promises an inspiring keynote speeches that will ignite your passion for the world of tech. But that’s not […]

Barclays presents: Evening Industry Panel Event

Barclays (Scotland) 4 Clyde Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom

What to expect: Are you curious about how technology impacts a span of industries? Or how someone switched career gears from one industry to another? Barclays Women in Technology network are delighted to host a panel event to discuss technology of various fields from energy supply to TV broadcasting. Our panel members will also delve […]

Free

AutoRek presents – Trihackathon for High School Seniors

AutoRek The Garment Factory, 10 Montrose Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join the team at Autorek for this in-person trihackathon hosted by their greatest developers and engineers (with pizza!) AutoRek are hosting a Trihackathon for school leavers 16 + On arrival you will be given a tour of our Glasgow office, and as it is dinnertime, pizza will be available for you to dig into! You’ll […]

Free

AutoRek presents – Trihackathon for Job Changers and Higher Ed Students

AutoRek The Garment Factory, 10 Montrose Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join the team at Autorek for this in-person trihackathon hosted by their greatest developers and engineers (with pizza!) What to expect: AutoRek are hosting a Trihackathon for job changers , those in higher education and anyone looking for a route into tech roles On arrival you will be given a tour of our Glasgow office, […]

Free

Live Podcast Recording with Tandy Nicole

Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors 122 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Join Morgan Stanley for this in-person event as they record their Women in Tech podcast live with Tandy Nicole. What to expect: 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. Tandy has drawn from her own […]

Free

CSSMeet – Teaching to Inspire Gender Balance

Online, Scotland

CSSMeet – Teaching to Improve Diversity Join us for an exciting online event focused on promoting diversity in computer science education! This meetup is designed for all teachers delivering Computing Science including probationers, primary teachers and PGDE students. You will hear about the landscape of Computing Science with a focus on the gender gap. Together, […]

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