BCSWomen

BCSWomen

BCSWomen is a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society, with the aim of supporting women working and considering a career in Information Technology.

The group has over 1000 members and an active mailing list. Activities include meetings, networking, and mentoring. They organise the Undergraduate Lovelace Colloquium [http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/bcswomen/] for undergraduate women in computing, and other events for women in computing both technical and social, such as day trips to computer related sites like Bletchley Park. The group's founder is Dr Sue Black, head of computing at the University of Westminster. The current chair is Dr Karen Petrie, a Dorothy Hodgkin research fellow at Oxford University.

See also

* Women in computing
* Women, girls and information technology

References

* [http://itnow.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/46/1/34 Spotlight: BCSWomen Specialist Group] , " [http://itnow.oxfordjournals.org/ IT Now] ", 46(1):34, January 2004. doi: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/combul/46.1.34 10.1093/combul/46.1.34]
* Justin Richards, [http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/04/04/215212/bcswomen-celebrates-five-years.htm BCSWomen celebrates five years] , "Computer Weekly", 4 April 2006.

External links

* [http://www.bcs.org/bcswomen BCSWomen website]


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