Girl Geek Scotland Mentoring Community: Crossing The Great Divide

Tuesday 5 September 2017

Workshops

1. Professional Training Schemes: Transitioning to a career in digital tech

Claire Hilditch, Craneware

2. Back to Work: Inclusivity and Diversity at Sky Technology

Ronnie Corse, Sky

3. Graduate Schemes: DXC's initiative to get students' into tech

Jane Ballantine, Girl Geek Scotland

Agenda

6:30pm-6:45pm - Registration and networking

6:45pm-7:00pm - Welcome and introductions

7:00pm-7:25pm - Presentations

7:25pm-7:50pm - Networking and refreshments

7:50pm-9:00pm - Workshops led by speakers

9:00pm-9:15pm - Wrap up & Partner Announcements

9:15pm-9:45pm - Networking and refreshments

Refreshments

Wine/soft drinks and nibbles provided.

Directions and Parking

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Workshop Details

All our workshops use selected case studies from industry and academia to help you develop your career and business. These are hands-on workshops, so please come prepared to engage in lively discussions and bring a notepad for action planning. Workshops are usually limited to around 20 participants and depend on the size of breakout spaces.

1. Professional Training Scheme: Transitioning to a career in digital tech

Claire Hilditch, Craneware

Workshop led by Claire Hilditch of Craneware PLC. Claire will present her journey from an arts education background to a career as a developer in digital tech.

This is an ideal workshop for anyone considering a return to study or going on a professional training course in order to make a sideways move into a digital technology career.

More details will follow

2. Back to Work: Inclusivity and Diversity at Sky Technology

Ronnie Corse, Sky

Thanks to the Get Into Tech programme, Sky is now a recognised leader in supporting returners and families through workplace initiatives. It won the ‘overall top employer’ and the ‘top employer award for career progression’ at the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk awards. Sky also won the ‘best employer’ award at the 2016 WISE awards for its Get Into Tech programme. This is the perfect workshop for anyone wanting to find out more about this initiative, thinking of a sideways move into a tech career or return to work after maternity or a period of absence. Also see Sky's Early Careers.

The case study was originally published in "Case Study, Sky (P34), Tackling the Technology Gender Gap Together: A Best Practice Guide for Employers" by Equate Scotland's and Skills Development Scotland, © 2017 CC-BY-SA

Synopsis:

This workshop will give you an insight into how Sky are encouraging more women into careers in Technology. The discussion will cover what Sky are doing as part of their Early Career outreach program at schools , colleges and universities as well as an overview of the award winning “Get into Tech” program.

3. Graduate Schemes: DXC's initiative to get students' into tech

Jane Ballantine, Girl Geek Scotland

DXC Technology (a spin out from Hewlett Packard Enterprises) developed a well-structred two-year Graduate Scheme but realised this was too late to get school students to consider careers in technology. So, in conjunction with their graduates, they created a work experience programme and a schools initiative, which is having an impact in getting more girls into technology and onto their Graduate Scheme.

This workshop looks at the needs of students and employers at different stages of career development and the barriers facing young women entering IT at school and in the workplace, and how these can be overcome. Based on a case study from Emma MacRitchie of DXC Technology, we will look at successful strategies that can be adopted and lessons that can be leaned.

Girl Geek Scotland's Mentoring Community

Girl Geek Scotland (GGS) has been developing world-class educational and networking experiences for women in Digital Technologies since 2008. We see the engagement of women in technology as being critical to the competitiveness of this sector, and to the development of our economy.

We are working to build a fantastic community and make it as easy as we can for interested people to find mentors in their area. Find out more information on our website.

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Now home to over 18,000 students from over 100 countries, we first welcomed 800 students as Napier Technical College in 1964. However our story goes back to the time of John Napier, the brilliant sixteenth century mathematician and philosopher from whom we take our name. When you come to Edinburgh Napier University, you’ll study at one of our six specialist schools. Each of our schools is an impressive institution in its own right, with world-class facilities, academics, researchers and international links.

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