Girl Geek Scotland
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Girl Geek Scotland (GGS) is a Scottish volunteer group that promotes women's engagement in the information technology industry.[1][2][3][4] It was established in 2008 and is part of the Girl Geek Dinners network.[5][6][4] GGS held its first Girl Geek Dinner in Dundee in February 2009, with a group being established in Edinburgh shortly after.[7]
GGS has received funding from the UKRC, Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance, and WYLLN, among other groups.[citation needed]
In late 2009, Girl Geek Scotland won funding from Informatic Ventures in Edinburgh,[citation needed] to develop three intensive residential workshops for 2010 on the subjects of 'Creativity into business', 'Developing a Funding Strategy' and 'Negotiation Strategies and Techniques'. The Workshops are for women in pre-start-up business; start-up businesses and existing businesses in the technology sector in Scotland.
In 2010, the Speaker Series was launched[8] in Dundee Contemporary Arts by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shanna Tellerman, who at the time was the CEO of Wildpockets, a spin-out company from Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ MacLeod, Michael (8 February 2011). "Girl Geeks dinner and Vimeo archive launch". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Festival of Politics: where are the women in STEM?". BBC. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ McDonald, Gillian (3 March 2017). "The future is getting brighter for Scottish women working in tech". i. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Girl Geek network helping women break into male-dominated IT". The Scotsman. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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- ^ Davidson, Jenni (3 October 2019). "The appliance of science: women in STEM". Holyrood. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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- ^ "Girls gather". The Courier. Dundee, Scotland. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010.
- ^ Harris, Phil (17 December 2009). "Scotland in Focus: Girl Geek Scotland – Part 1". SquareGo. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ Harris, Phil (7 January 2010). "Scotland in Focus: Girl Geek Scotland – Part 2". SquareGo. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
External links
[edit]- www
.girlgeekscotland .com - Simpson, Morna (24 February 2016). "Why the IT Crowd needs more women". FutureScot. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
Girl Geek Scotland aims to draw attention to this issue as a cultural phenomenon and help to rebalance the ecosystem. We are seeking sponsorship to offer scholarships to women from India, to come to Scotland and study Data Engineering or a related subject, with the aim of encouraging a cultural exchange that will banish the myth that computing is a subject for men only. Let's learn from their experiences why a career in computing is such an attractive proposition in India.
