Gender in tech

Articles and reports

BCS diversity report 2021: Women in IT
July 2021
BCS analysis of the latest ONS figures on gender representation in IT.

BCS Women featured in Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2020
October 2020
Nine women who are members of BCS are featured in Computer Weekly's prestigious top 50 of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology.

Record numbers of women in IT - but black women still under-represented, new research finds
September 2020
A record 20% of IT specialists are women, but black women account for just 0.7% of the sector, meaning their representation is 2.5 times worse than it is for other industries.

US Open 2020, Women and AI
September 2020
The US Open this year has made two things very clear to its worldwide audience: 1. That a small tweak to the rules can make a big difference to women returners 2. That AI is very much artificial.

Number of female students studying Computer Science increases by 300% in five years, new data reveals
August 2020
Record numbers of female students took Computer Science A-level this year, with an increase of 23% on 2019, new figures show.