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BCSWomen shortlisted for Outstanding Diversity Network of the Year3 November 2022
Why do we need more women in tech?9 March 2022
Dame Stephanie Shirley receives distinguished fellowship from Chartered Institute for IT26 January 2022
Professor Julie McCann to give Turing Talk 202226 January 2022
Professor Penny Endersby awarded BCS Society Medal for her Green Tech26 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 Tech19 January 2022
Rubi Kaur’s blog on Re-Imagining the Enlightenment for the Digital Age26 July 2021
BCS Women in the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women list25 July 2021
Student winners of the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 202114 July 2021
BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2021 features in ITNOW14 July 2021
Women in Tech: A practical guide to increasing gender diversity and inclusion10 May 2021
Dr Hannah Dee featured on the Suffrage Science podcast5 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 #ChooseToChallenge10 March 2021
Elizabeth Denham CBE is the winner of the BCS Society Medal9 December 2020
BCSWomen’s Jacqui Hogan’s article: ‘What if Jane Austin had been a Geek’ in ITNOW3 December 2020
Professor Jade Alglave wins the 2020 BCS Roger Needham Award18 November 2020
Sarah Burnett speaking at BCS Digital Skills Festival10 November 2020
Dr Sue Sentance receives Suffrage Science Award7 November 2020
Professor Dorothy Monekosso has been added to the Roll of BCS Honorary Fellows7 November 2020
Professor Muffy Calder recognised as a Dame in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list11 October 2020
Computer Weekly’s list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Technology2 October 2020
Professor Margaret Ross MBE joins the prestigious list of Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame2 October 2020
Sarah Burnett’s blog on US Open 2020, Women and AI22 September 2020
Women in Open Source on YouTube21 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 Nottingham18 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 #StrongFemaleLead1 May 2020
Dr Hannah Dee’s report on The first virtual BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium21 April 2020
BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett’s interview with Kryon Systems on women in RPA, women in tech and BCSWomen21 April 2020
BCSWomen’s Chair Sarah Burnett talk on IT is from Mars, Women are from Venus featured on Irish Computer Society blog4 December 2019
BCSWomen’s Jacqui Hogan is the new chair of BCS Elite, the Computing Leadership Forum21 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 University16 October 2019
Sharon Moore and her team at BCSWomen Scotland are Diversity Initiative Finalist for SWiT Awards 201911 September 2019
BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett shortlisted for Forward Ladies Regional Awards19 August 2019
BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett in the finals of Forward Ladies national awards as a STEM Leader9 July 2019
Fiona Macaulay in Computing’s IT Leaders 250 of 201917 June 2019
Maggie Berry OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List10 June 2019
Professor Sue Black’s love letter to Britain16 May 2019
BCSWomen hosted their first STEM Networking Event in Glasgow – Building a Community7 May 2019
Amanda Clare’s report on The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2019: Establishing the next generation27 April 2019
BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2019 is awesome25 April 2019
Women’s Equality Party announces Interim Leader and London Mayoral Candidate10 March 2019
Sue Black on women in tech25 February 2019
Rubi Kaur on Building diversity into technology11 January 2019
Check out the BCSWomen on 301 Female Tech Trailblazers13 December 2018
BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett presents Lovie Lifetime Achievement Award to Professor Sue Black, Founder of BCSWomen28 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 brooch17 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 Chair27 September 2018
BCSWomen AI Accelerator is Finalist for the Equals in Tech Award14 September 2018
BCSWomen Chair, Sarah Burnett, shortlisted for Information Age AI Leader of the year15 August 2018
Voting open: vote now for the most influential woman in UK technology 201830 July 2018
Dr Hannah Dee Elevated to the Hall of Fame17 July 2018
Inspiring the next generation: Article in the June ITNOW about Wominspiration2 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 MBE13 June 2018
BCSWomen Founder Dr Sue Black on Desert Island Discs21 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 YouTube26 March 2018
CW500 video: BCSWomen Chair Sarah Burnett, Everest Group discusses AI22 March 2018
Nadia Abouayoub on “Why Finance Needs Tech and AI” in the Spring issue of BCS ITNOW19 March 2018
BCSWomen’s Treasurer, Andrea Palmer, elected to the BCS Council19 March 2018
BCSWomen Chair, Sarah Burnett, interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Outside Source22 February 2018
Presentation on “Ada Lovelace: the Making of a Computer Scientist” at the Oxford Literary Festival12 January 2018
Diversity in IT 2017 Shaping our future together with Foreword by BCSWomen Founder, Sue Black, OBE30 November 2017
Rubi Kaur to chair a One HealthTech Corporate Lunchtime Fireside Chat on 15 Nov 201712 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 Technology27 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 FT27 October 2017
BCSWomen feature in Computer Weekly’s list of the Most Influential Women in UK IT 20175 October 2017
Late Night Woman’s Hour on “Women in Technology” Listen on BBC Radio 4 Friday 29 Sept 2017 or catch the podcast27 September 2017
BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has been shortlisted for the Diversity Project of the Year25 September 2017
Gillian Arnold, BCSWomen past chair, now in the Women in IT Hall of Fame14 July 2017
Voting Open for the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in IT 201713 July 2017
Computer Weekly’s Most influential women in UK tech: The 2017 longlist5 July 2017
Free AI webinars for women and men launched by Sarah Burnett2 May 2017
The BCSWomen Committee welcomes two new members7 April 2017
IWD2017 in Southampton: a huge success!31 March 2017
BCSWomen on BBC Radio Wales talking about Ada Lovelace and the Colloquium9 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 good6 March 2017
The Women and IT Scorecard – India has been launched1 March 2017
Sarah Burnett’s blog promoting the AI Accelerator22 February 2017
The latest news from Sue Black: #techmums aiming to reach 1 million mums by 202030 January 2017
Stemettes CEO Anne-Marie Imafidon, MBE in the New Year Honours6 January 2017
Sue Black, Founder of BCSWomen, listed as one of top 5 role model in the tech industry16 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 Kaur22 November 2016
BCSWomen elects Sarah Burnett as its new Chair3 November 2016
Sarah Burnett writing on what it takes to become an influential woman in Tech17 October 2016
BCSWomen attend World Engineer reception at Houses of Parliament5 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 IT7 April 2016
Nominations open: Most influential women in UK IT 20166 April 2016
Q&A: Dr Sue Black OBE on why the tech sector needs a step-change9 March 2016
How far are we from gender equality in STEM?9 March 2016
Sarah Burnet is demystifying service delivery automation in Computer Weekly8 March 2016
BCSWomen collect international award in recognition of their work28 October 2014
