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BCSWomen specialist group: BCSWomen in the news

Lots of BCS Women are doing fantastic things, here are just a few.

2022

BCSWomen shortlisted for Outstanding Diversity Network of the Year
3 November 2022

​Why do we need more women in tech?​
9 March 2022

Dame Stephanie Shirley receives distinguished fellowship from Chartered Institute for IT
26 January 2022

Professor Julie McCann to give Turing Talk 2022
26 January 2022

Professor Penny Endersby awarded BCS Society Medal for her Green Tech
26 January 2022

Sarah Burnett’s book: The Autonomous Enterprise – Powered by AI available for pre-order now!
19 January 2022

Exclusive podcasts with some of the top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech
19 January 2022

2021

Rubi Kaur’s blog on Re-Imagining the Enlightenment for the Digital Age
26 July 2021

BCS Women in the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women list
25 July 2021

Student winners of the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2021
14 July 2021

BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2021 features in ITNOW
14 July 2021

Women in Tech: A practical guide to increasing gender diversity and inclusion
10 May 2021

Dr Hannah Dee featured on the Suffrage Science podcast
5 May 2021

Gillian Arnold’s blog in Womanthology: Bringing together diverse talent and breaking down negative stereotypes of tech ‘brogrammers’
16 April 2021

Challenges for International Women’s Day #ChooseToChallenge
10 March 2021

2020

Elizabeth Denham CBE is the winner of the BCS Society Medal
9 December 2020

BCSWomen’s Jacqui Hogan’s article: ‘What if Jane Austin had been a Geek’ in ITNOW
3 December 2020

Professor Jade Alglave wins the 2020 BCS Roger Needham Award​
18 November 2020

Sarah Burnett speaking at BCS Digital Skills Festival
10 November 2020

Dr Sue Sentance receives Suffrage Science Award
7 November 2020

Professor Dorothy Monekosso has been added to the Roll of BCS Honorary Fellows
7 November 2020

Professor Muffy Calder recognised as a Dame in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
11 October 2020

Computer Weekly’s list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology
2 October 2020

Professor Margaret Ross MBE joins the prestigious list of Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame
2 October 2020

Sarah Burnett’s blog on US Open 2020, Women and AI
22 September 2020

Women in Open Source on YouTube
21 September 2020

Chair of BCSWomen Sarah Burnett recalls her first computer!
7 September 2020

Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist features BCSWomen!
3 July 2020

Enjoy the virtual Lovelace Colloquium again through Adriana Wilde’s blog!
19 May 2020

Dr Louise Brown reports AthenaSWAN Gold Award for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham
18 May 2020

BCSWomen supports WISE Campaign: Keep gender on the agenda – now more than ever!
5 May 2020

BCSWomen Founder Professor Sue Black OBE interviewed for #StrongFemaleLead
1 May 2020

Dr Hannah Dee’s report on The first virtual BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium
21 April 2020

BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett’s interview with Kryon Systems on women in RPA, women in tech and BCSWomen
21 April 2020

2019

BCSWomen’s Chair Sarah Burnett talk on IT is from Mars, Women are from Venus featured on Irish Computer Society blog
4 December 2019

BCSWomen’s Jacqui Hogan is the new chair of BCS Elite, the Computing Leadership Forum
21 November 2019

BCSWomen’s chair, Sarah Burnett, posts new blog “What’s your company’s digital ethics score?”
7 November 2019

BCSWomen AI Accelerator cognitive services taster session held at Greenwich University
16 October 2019

Sharon Moore and her team at BCSWomen Scotland are Diversity Initiative Finalist for SWiT Awards 2019
11 September 2019

BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett shortlisted for Forward Ladies Regional Awards
19 August 2019

BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett in the finals of Forward Ladies national awards as a STEM Leader
9 July 2019

Fiona Macaulay in Computing’s IT Leaders 250 of 2019
17 June 2019

Maggie Berry OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
10 June 2019

Professor Sue Black’s love letter to Britain
16 May 2019

BCSWomen hosted their first STEM Networking Event in Glasgow – Building a Community
7 May 2019

Amanda Clare’s report on The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2019: Establishing the next generation
27 April 2019

BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2019 is awesome
25 April 2019

Women’s Equality Party announces Interim Leader and London Mayoral Candidate
10 March 2019

Sue Black on women in tech
25 February 2019

Rubi Kaur on Building diversity into technology
11 January 2019

2018

Check out the BCSWomen on 301 Female Tech Trailblazers
13 December 2018

BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett presents Lovie Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Sue Black, Founder of BCSWomen
28 November 2018

Professor Sue Black’s Guardian Interview: “From women’s refuge to evangelistic Durham professor of tech”
28 November 2018

Dr Hannah Dee’s Blog on Suffrage Science – decoding the brooch
17 October 2018

Dr Sue Black, OBE on “How to find the superhero within you”
4 October 2018

Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018 including BCSWomen Chair and Deputy Chair
27 September 2018

BCSWomen AI Accelerator is Finalist for the Equals in Tech Award
14 September 2018

BCSWomen Chair, Sarah Burnett, shortlisted for Information Age AI Leader of the year
15 August 2018

Voting open: vote now for the most influential woman in UK technology 2018
30 July 2018

Dr Hannah Dee Elevated to the Hall of Fame
17 July 2018

Inspiring the next generation: Article in the June ITNOW about Wominspiration
2 July 2018

Remember the BCSWomen Appathon at Glasgow University in June 2015!
2 July 2018

BCSWomen Deputy Chair and BCSWomen Scotland Organiser Sharon Moore Awarded MBE
13 June 2018

BCSWomen Founder Dr Sue Black on Desert Island Discs
21 May 2018

Launch of the ‘Guidelines toiIncrease and retain women in ICT’
17 April 2018

The video from the International Women’s Day Wominspiration event is now on YouTube
26 March 2018

CW500 video: BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett, Everest Group discusses AI
22 March 2018

Nadia Abouayoub on “Why Finance Needs Tech and AI” in the Spring issue of BCS ITNOW
19 March 2018

BCSWomen’s Treasurer, Andrea Palmer, elected to the BCS Council
19 March 2018

BCSWomen Chair, Sarah Burnett, interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Outside Source
22 February 2018

Presentation on “Ada Lovelace: the Making of a Computer Scientist” at the Oxford Literary Festival
12 January 2018

2017

Diversity in IT 2017 Shaping our future together with Foreword by BCSWomen Founder, Sue Black, OBE
30 November 2017

Rubi Kaur to chair a One HealthTech Corporate Lunchtime Fireside Chat on 15 Nov 2017
12 November 2017

BCSWomen is in the WeAreTechWomen’s TechWomen50 Awards 2017 Network Shortlist!
8 November 2017

Feedback and photos from Esther Stanhope’s masterclass: “Get your voice heard”
2 November 2017

Professor Carron Shankland Awarded for Services to Science and Technology
27 October 2017

The 2017 winner of the first ever award for Inspirational Woman in Leadership, goes to the incredible Sharon Moore!
27 October 2017

Inspiring feature article on the work of Sue Black, BCSWomen Founder, in the FT
27 October 2017

BCSWomen feature in Computer Weekly’s list of the Most Influential Women in UK IT 2017
5 October 2017

Late Night Woman’s Hour on “Women in Technology” Listen on BBC Radio 4 Friday 29 Sept 2017 or catch the podcast
27 September 2017

BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has been shortlisted for the Diversity Project of the Year
25 September 2017

Gillian Arnold, BCSWomen past chair, now in the Women in IT Hall of Fame
14 July 2017

Voting Open for the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in IT 2017
13 July 2017

Computer Weekly’s Most influential women in UK tech: The 2017 longlist
5 July 2017

Free AI webinars for women and men launched by Sarah Burnett
2 May 2017

The BCSWomen Committee welcomes two new members
7 April 2017

IWD2017 in Southampton: a huge success!
31 March 2017

BCSWomen on BBC Radio Wales talking about Ada Lovelace and the Colloquium
9 March 2017

Sue Black from #techmums/Saving Bletchley Park – and the winner of a special editor’s Impact Award today for her outstanding contribution to technology for good
6 March 2017

The Women and IT Scorecard – India has been launched
1 March 2017

Sarah Burnett’s blog promoting the AI Accelerator
22 February 2017

The latest news from Sue Black: #techmums aiming to reach 1 million mums by 2020
30 January 2017

Stemettes CEO Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE in the New Year Honours
6 January 2017

2016 - 2014

Sue Black, Founder of BCSWomen, listed as one of top 5 role model in the tech industry
16 December 2016

The BCS Women in IT Scorecard for 2016 is out now!
13 December 2016

Lady on the BCS Council “Rubi speaks”: A new blog by BCSWomen’s Rubi Kaur
22 November 2016

BCSWomen elects Sarah Burnett as its new Chair
3 November 2016

Sarah Burnett writing on what it takes to become an influential woman in Tech
17 October 2016

BCSWomen attend World Engineer reception at Houses of Parliament
5 August 2016

BCS iTNOW features Women in Tech in the June issue – Out now!
15 June 2016

Maggie Berry on the need for more women in IT
7 April 2016

Nominations open: Most influential women in UK IT 2016
6 April 2016

Q&A: Dr Sue Black OBE on why the tech sector needs a step-change
9 March 2016

How far are we from gender equality in STEM?
9 March 2016

Sarah Burnet is demystifying service delivery automation in Computer Weekly
8 March 2016

BCSWomen collect international award in recognition of their work
28 October 2014

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