Celebrate British Science Week with us as we present a LIVE assembly all about careers in technology for gaming and esports.

British Science Week: LIVE 'Tech for Gaming and Esports' Assembly

<p>We are proud to have supported British Science Week 2023 by delivering our BRAND NEW Tech for Gaming and Esports live assembly to more than 5,000 students across the UK.<br><br>During this session,&nbsp; students explored the evolution of gaming, and the role technology plays in gaming and esports. They were also crucially introduced to a breadth of careers within the gaming and esports industries that they could pursue in the future. <br><br>One of our award winning animations features in this session. The children watch our 'Katie and Tex explore VR' episode which is sponsored by our strategic partner, UST.<br><br>For those who missed the live assembly, a recording is now available on our website and, whilst the content is ideal for a Key Stage 2 assembly, it can also be enjoyed as a class, or even from home.<br><br>With thanks to Queens Mary’s College for their support and guidance with content for this resource. <br><br><br>The best way to keep up to date with LIVE assembly opportunities and new Tech We Can resources is subscribing to our <a href="https://techshecan.org/tech-we-can">newsletter here</a>.<br><br></p><div>Or&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>Follow us on social media:&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/Tech_She_Can">Twitter<br></a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TechSheCan/">Facebook<br></a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/techshecan/">LinkedIn<br></a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/techshecan/">Instagram<br></a><br></div>

Recruitment specialist and Tech She Can member Templeton & Partners have put together a user friendly guide to writing a CV for tech jobs.

Download the guide here

How to write your first CV for jobs in Tech: Tech She Can member, Templeton & Partners are here to help

<p>Tech She Can are proud to feature a fantastic and user friendly beginner’s guide to CV writing for tech jobs which has been produced by one of our supporter organisations, <a href="http://www.templeton-recruitment.com/">Templeton &amp; Partners. </a></p><p>In this download, Templeton's tech recruitment specialists will guide you step-by-step to writing a winning IT CV with no professional experience. You will be introduced to some handy tips on what your CV should include, how to structure it, and how to ensure it aligns with the industry and the tech role you're applying for.<br><br>Watch this space for more tech careers support from our partnership with Templeton and Partners!&nbsp;</p>

Celebrate National Careers Week with us as we present a LIVE assembly all about careers in technology to help the planet.

National Careers Week: LIVE 'Tech for Planet' Assembly

<p>We are proud to have supported National Careers Week by delivering our new Tech for the Planet live assembly to more than 1,000 students across the UK.<br><br>During this session, children explore the role technology plays in helping us to protect our planet and fight climate change. They are also crucially introduced to a variety of green careers within tech that they could potentially pursue in the future.<br><br>One of our award winning animations features in this session. The children watch our 'Katie and Tex explore drones' episode which is sponsored by our strategic partner, <strong>PwC. </strong><br><br>For those who missed the live assembly, the new assembly is now available on our website and, whilst the content is ideal for a Key Stage 2 assembly, it can also be enjoyed as a class, or even from home.<br><br>Please note: This assembly was first released in September 2022 so if a member of the Tech She Can team, or one of our Tech We Can Champions, has visited your school since this date and delivered the ‘Tech for the Planet Assembly’ your students will already have engaged with this content.&nbsp;</p>

National Careers Week: LIVE 'Tech for the Planet' Assembly

We've created two short videos to help explain the significance of International Women's Day to children.

Celebrating International Women's Day with children

<p>With only 3% of women citing a career in technology as their first choice,&nbsp; on International Women’s Day - and always - Tech She Can is on a mission to address this imbalance. We are ensuring that women and girls have equal access to and ownership of tech industries so that their skills and creativity can be harnessed to make and use technology that works for all.</p><p>We’ve put together two short videos one for children aged 5+ and the other for children aged 11+&nbsp; to help explain the importance of this day to children, to highlight inequalities that exist between women and men and to share ways children can help make the world a fairer place.</p><p>Whether you’re a teacher, parent, or guardian, we hope you find these videos useful either as part of a school assembly or lesson or simply to spark a valuable and interesting conversation with your own children. &nbsp;</p>

13,000 students from across the UK joined our live Tech for Cyber Security Assembly, in support of Safer Internet Day.

Safer Internet Day: Huge numbers of children attend our Tech for Cyber Security live assembly

<p>We are proud to have supported Safer Internet Day by delivering our new Tech for Cyber Security Assembly live to more than 13,000 students. The students from all across the UK joined a live webinar hosted by our Strategic Partner, Computeam.<br><br>During this brand new Tech We Can session, children explore the concepts of cyber security, hacking and phishing and learn about the technology which is being used and developed to strengthen cyber security. They are also crucially introduced to a range of careers using technology in cyber security and encouraged to think about what the future of cyber security may look like.<br><br>We are also delighted that our latest Katie and Tex animation is featured in this session. This brand new animation, sponsored by our strategic partner, <strong>Morgan Stanley</strong> and produced by <strong>Bold Content</strong>, sees Katie and Tex explore what an ethical hacker does and why these roles are so critical to cyber security.<br><br>For those who missed the live assembly, the new assembly is now available on our website and, whilst the content is ideal for a Key Stage 2 assembly, it can also be enjoyed as a class, or even from home.<br><br>Please note: This assembly was first released in February 2023 so if a member of the Tech She Can team, or one of our Tech We Can Champions, has visited your school since this date and delivered the ‘Tech for Cyber Security Assembly’ your students will already have engaged with this content.&nbsp;</p>

Sir Patrick Vallance shares why he believes diversity is critical for the future success of the tech industry.

"You simply cannot succeed if you don't have a diverse workforce."

<p>Our co-CEO, Claire Thorne, spoke to Government Chief Scientific Adviser and National Technology Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, for Tech She Can's first birthday event.&nbsp;<br><br>They discussed the importance of workforce diversity for the future success of the tech industry - and why it's critical to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to pursue a career in technology. Patrick emphasised that tackling the current lack of diversity in tech is an issue that requires urgent attention - and something that we all need to be involved in.</p><p>First shown at our birthday event, you can watch the full conversation above.</p>

Becky Patel and Ava joined ITV News to discuss our animation where Katie and Tex explore the cloud.

Breaking News! Katie, Tex and Ava explore cloud and make national news!

<p>Tech She Can was privileged to make the national news in December 2023 with the release of our latest <a href="https://techshecan.org/animated-lessons/the-cloud">Tech We Can animated lesson</a> all about the cloud which was featured on the ITV national news.<br><br>In this animation, which was sponsored by our Strategic Partner Computeam and produced by Bold Content, Katie and Tex are joined by superstar real-life Tech We Can student, Ava who, just like her character in the animation, has cerebral palsy. Katie, Tex and Ava are joined by role model Harriet from Computeam who helps to explain what the cloud is and how important it is to the safety of lots of our data.<br><br>When interviewed by the ITV news, Ava talked inspiringly about her role in the animation and how technology is for everyone. You can watch Ava and our Head of Education and Learning, Becky Patel, being interviewed on the national ITV News <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-12-21/a-schoolgirl-stars-in-animated-series-to-encourage-girls-into-stem-careers">here</a>. Don’t forget to watch all of our animated lessons which help to demystify technology for children and highlight role models working in tech. You can find them all here: <a href="https://techshecan.org/animated-lessons">Animated lessons - TechSheCan</a><br><br>We’d love to feature Ava in another episode so, if you’re interested in sponsoring an animation, demystifying tech for children, inspiring them about the possibilities of STEM and diversifying the future tech talent pipeline - get in touch: becky@techshecan.org<br><br></p><div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2"><span data-trix-cursor-target="left" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span><figure contenteditable="false" data-trix-attachment="{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;ava.jpg&quot;,&quot;filesize&quot;:2724692,&quot;height&quot;:3024,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava.jpg&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava.jpg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:3024}" data-trix-content-type="image/jpeg" data-trix-id="11924" data-trix-attributes="{&quot;presentation&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;}" class="attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg" data-trix-mutable="true"><a href="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava.jpg" tabindex="-1" contenteditable="false"><img src="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava.jpg" data-trix-mutable="true" width="3024" height="3024" data-trix-store-key="imageElement/11924/https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava.jpg/394/394"><figcaption class="attachment__caption attachment__caption--editing" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"><textarea placeholder="Add a caption…" data-trix-mutable="true" class="attachment__caption-editor" style="height: 22px;"></textarea><textarea placeholder="Add a caption…" data-trix-mutable="true" class="attachment__caption-editor trix-autoresize-clone" tabindex="-1"></textarea></figcaption><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…" style="display: none;"></figcaption></a><div data-trix-mutable="true" class="attachment__toolbar"><div class="trix-button-row"><span class="trix-button-group trix-button-group--actions"><button title="Remove" data-trix-action="remove" class="trix-button trix-button--remove">Remove</button></span></div><div class="attachment__metadata-container"><span class="attachment__metadata"><span title="ava.jpg" class="attachment__name">ava.jpg</span><span class="attachment__size">2.6 MB</span></span></div></div></figure><span data-trix-cursor-target="right" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span><span data-trix-cursor-target="left" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span><figure contenteditable="false" data-trix-attachment="{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;ava-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;filesize&quot;:497982,&quot;height&quot;:2048,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1536}" data-trix-content-type="image/jpeg" data-trix-id="11926" data-trix-attributes="{&quot;presentation&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;}" class="attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg"><a href="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava-1.jpg" tabindex="-1" contenteditable="false"><img src="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava-1.jpg" data-trix-mutable="true" width="1536" height="2048" data-trix-store-key="imageElement/11926/https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava-1.jpg/394/525"><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"></figcaption></a></figure><span data-trix-cursor-target="right" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span></div>

Breaking News! Katie, Tex and Ava explore the cloud and make the national news!

Can your children or students help Tex and B-Bot with our Christmas challenge?

Competition time: Help Tex and B-bot to design a techy toy for Christmas!

<div>We’ve teamed up with children’s book publisher, <a href="https://www.questfriendz.com/">Questfriendz</a>, to run a Christmas competition for children, encouraging them to think creatively about technology and put their STEM skills into action! The winning entry will receive a copy of the book, <a href="https://www.questfriendz.com/en-gb/pages/the-case-of-the-stolen-sun">SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun.</a><br><br>Bringing together our Tech We Can character, Tex, and Questfriendz character, B-Bot - and inspired by our <a href="/on-demand-lessons/toys">Tech for Toys lesson</a> - we’ve put together the following challenge for children to complete.<br><br></div><p><span data-trix-cursor-target="left" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span><figure contenteditable="false" data-trix-attachment="{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;COMPETITION QuestFriendz_TECHSHECAN_Website-banner-Large_281122.jpg&quot;,&quot;filesize&quot;:667741,&quot;height&quot;:733,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/COMPETITION-QuestFriendz_TECHSHECAN_Website-banner-Large_281122.jpg&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/COMPETITION-QuestFriendz_TECHSHECAN_Website-banner-Large_281122.jpg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1066}" data-trix-content-type="image/jpeg" data-trix-id="131" data-trix-attributes="{&quot;presentation&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;}" class="attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg"><a href="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/COMPETITION-QuestFriendz_TECHSHECAN_Website-banner-Large_281122.jpg" tabindex="-1" contenteditable="false"><img src="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/COMPETITION-QuestFriendz_TECHSHECAN_Website-banner-Large_281122.jpg" data-trix-mutable="true" width="1066" height="733" data-trix-store-key="imageElement/131/https://api.techshecan.org/storage/temp/images/COMPETITION-QuestFriendz_TECHSHECAN_Website-banner-Large_281122.jpg/1066/733"><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"></figcaption></a></figure><span data-trix-cursor-target="right" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span></p><h3>The challenge</h3><div>Santa’s elves have asked Tex and B-bot to create a brand new techy toy for Christmas this year.<br><br>But they’re struggling to come up with ideas by themselves. They think the best people to help them are the children who might play with these toys.<br><br><strong>Tex</strong>: “Can you help us with ideas for a new techy toy? To help the elves build it, please can you label your designs, explaining the toy’s techy features, how someone could play with it and how it’s different from toys you can buy today."<br><br><strong>B-bot</strong>: “I can’t wait to see what you come up with! And as a thank-you for helping us out, our favourite design will win a copy of the book, SuperQuesters: The Case of the Stolen Sun.<br><br><br></div><h3>How it works</h3><p>The competition is open to all children in the UK and Ireland. To take part, children need to design a techy toy. This can be in any format - whether that’s a computer-generated image, a paper sketch or a physical model. <br><br>For inspiration, you might find it useful to show your students or children our free Tech We Can lesson<a href="on-demand-lessons/toys"> ‘Tech for Toys’</a>, where we explore how technology is being used to design and create toys and highlight some of the exciting careers in this area.<br><br>Please submit your children’s creations, or photos of them, by email&nbsp; to both:<a href="mailto:info@techshecan.org"> info@techshecan.org</a> and <a href="mailto:hello@questfriendz.com">hello@questfriendz.com</a> by<strong> 23.59 on Tuesday 13 December</strong>. Designs will be judged by Tech She Can and Questfriendz, with the winner announced on both our social media channels on Friday 16 December 2022.<br><br><br></p><h3><br>About the characters</h3><p><strong>Tex </strong>is a robotic dog who features in our series of <a href="/animated-lessons">Tech We Can animated lessons</a> for primary-age children. The animations are designed to educate and excite children about technology, and the people who develop it, from an early age. Each animation covers a different area of tech and gives children a simplified understanding of how it works and how it’s used.<br><br><strong>B-bot </strong>is a robot and the investigative sidekick of SuperQuester Bea Bumble, who both feature in the QuestFriendz <a href="https://www.questfriendz.com/en-gb/collections/superquesters">SuperQuesters book series</a> aimed at children aged 4-8.&nbsp; Questfriendz aim to spark children's interest in STEM from a young age through interactive storytelling. You can meet the SuperQuesters characters <a href="https://www.questfriendz.com/pages/meet-characters">here</a>.&nbsp;<br><br></p><h3><br>Terms and conditions</h3><div>The winner will be contacted by QuestFriendz at the email address supplied in order to request a mailing address where the book can be sent. By taking part, you’re giving consent for Tech She Can and QuestFriendz to contact you as outlined below.<br><br><strong>Tech She Can<br></strong>By submitting your entry via email, you acknowledge that we may send you Tech She Can related insights that we consider relevant to you. Please see our <a href="/privacy-policy">privacy policy</a> for details of why and how we use personal data and your rights (including your right to object and to stop receiving marketing communications from us). To stop receiving marketing communications from us, please click on the unsubscribe link in the relevant email received from us or send an email to <a href="mailto:info@techshecan.org">info@techshecan.org</a>.<br><br><strong>QuestFriendz<br></strong>By submitting your entry via email, you acknowledge that QuestFriendz may send you newsletters and promotional offers that they consider relevant to you. Please see their <a href="https://www.questfriendz.com/en-gb/pages/privacy">privacy policy</a> for details of why and how they use personal data and your rights (including your right to object and to stop receiving marketing communications from them). To stop receiving marketing communications from QuestFriendz, please click on the unsubscribe link in the relevant email received from them or send an email to <a href="mailto:hello@questfriendz.com">hello@questfriendz.com</a>.<br><br>At the end of the competition, we'd love to be able to share the children's creative ideas with our audiences via our social media channels, in print and online. By submitting an entry, you are deemed to have given permission for it to be shared by Tech She Can and QuestFriendz in this way.<br><br><br><br></div>

We’re looking for sponsors to help us fund and create new episodes in our award-winning Tech We Can animation series for children.

Would you like to help inspire chidren about a future career in technology?

<p>We’re looking for sponsors to help us fund and create new episodes in our award-winning <a href="/animated-lessons">Tech We Can animation series</a> for children. These animated lessons aim to open children’s eyes to the wide variety of tech careers that exist and show them that a future role in technology is within their reach.<br><br>Each animation explores a different area of technology and features our characters, Katie and Tex, as well as an individual who works in that field from the sponsor organisation. Together, they help to explain to children what the technology is and how it’s used in a simple, fun and engaging manner. <br><br>We want all children to have the opportunity to participate in the jobs of the future and by educating and exciting them about technology, and the people who develop it, from an early age, we’re helping to build a more diverse and inclusive tech industry.<br><br>If you’d like to get involved by sponsoring and co-creating an episode - highlighting an area of technology that’s important to your business, as well as an employee who works in that area - please get in touch with us by <a href="/contact-us">completing this form</a>.<br><br>Many thanks to the organisations with whom we've worked on the <a href="/animated-lessons">current animations</a> in the series - UST, NatWest, PwC UK and Computeam!</p>

See how we got on at Strategic Partner Deutsche Bank for our inaugural Career Insight Day, showcasing a 'behind-the-scenes' experience.

Tech She Can inaugural Career Insight Day: A deep dive into tech careers.

<p><span data-trix-cursor-target="left" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span><figure contenteditable="false" data-trix-attachment="{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;filename&quot;:&quot;e7c76efa-cdaa-45d3-b3fa-2fb770c06f82.JPG&quot;,&quot;filesize&quot;:175117,&quot;height&quot;:1600,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/e7c76efa-cdaa-45d3-b3fa-2fb770c06f82.JPG&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/e7c76efa-cdaa-45d3-b3fa-2fb770c06f82.JPG&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1096}" data-trix-content-type="image/jpeg" data-trix-id="11406" data-trix-attributes="{&quot;presentation&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;}" class="attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg"><a href="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/e7c76efa-cdaa-45d3-b3fa-2fb770c06f82.JPG" tabindex="-1" contenteditable="false"><img src="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/e7c76efa-cdaa-45d3-b3fa-2fb770c06f82.JPG" data-trix-mutable="true" width="1096" height="1600" data-trix-store-key="imageElement/11406/https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/e7c76efa-cdaa-45d3-b3fa-2fb770c06f82.JPG/394/575"><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"></figcaption></a></figure><span data-trix-cursor-target="right" data-trix-serialize="false">﻿</span><br><br>In November 2022, Tech She Can led its inaugural Career Insight Day at our strategic partner Deutsche Bank. Aimed at inspiring students about pursuing a future career in technology and, ultimately diversifying the future pipeline of tech talent, these insight days offer a ‘behind-the-scenes’ experience into organisations for both young students, teachers and careers advisors.<br><br>Ten female students&nbsp; experienced a 'day in the life' at Deutsche Bank. They met a diverse range of inspirational role models, shadowed employees and took part in hands-on activities to understand how technology is used within the organisation and the routes into tech careers.<br><br>By the end of the day, the students had all broadened their understanding of the breadth and variety of job roles in technology and understood the different routes into these jobs. 100% of the students said that the day had changed their minds about their future education and career choices. Compared to 30% at the start of the day, 100% of the students said they were now considering doing an apprenticeship. Crucially, all students expanded their career vocabulary and ended the day knowing and understanding a range of tech job titles.&nbsp;<br><br>We’re now looking forward to inspiring more students to pursue careers in tech at our upcoming Career Insight Days.&nbsp;<br><br>If you’d like to inspire girls to pursue a career in tech, spotlight the female tech talent in your organisation and diversify the tech talent pipeline, get in touch about sponsoring a Tech She Can Career Insight Day at your organisation: rebecca.fuller@techshecan.org&nbsp;</p>

Share your story of how you got to where you are today and what you love about your role to inspire the next generation of women in tech.

Are you a young woman working in tech? We want to hear from you!

<p>If you’re a young woman working in tech, and would like to inspire the next generation to pursue a career in technology, we’d love to hear from you! <br><br>Our ‘Young women in tech’ campaign - a collaboration between Tech She Can, <a href="https://workfinder.com/">Workfinder</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport/about">DCMS</a>, <a href="https://www.everywoman.com/">everywoman</a> and <a href="https://wearetechwomen.com/">WeAreTechWomen</a> - features short self-filmed videos of inspiring young women talking about their roles, highlighting the variety of tech careers that exist as well as the many different routes people take into them. You can <a href="/role-models">explore our exsiting role model videos here</a>.<br><br>The types of roles we're looking to feature include data analyst, data engineer, software developer, systems engineer, DevOps engineer, intelligence analyst, app developer, data scientist, VR or metaverse designer, privacy analyst, security architect, Natural Language Processing (NLP) engineer, Blockchain developer, UX designer, or Cloud engineer. This isn’t an exhaustive list (see more examples below), but hopefully gives you a good idea of the types of roles we’re looking to profile in this campaign!&nbsp;</p><p>If you’d like to feature in this video series, share your story of how you got into technology, what it is you do in your current role and what you enjoy most about what you do. <a href="https://api.techshecan.org/storage/files/Filming-guide-for--Young-women-in-tech--role-models-(14.03.22).pdf">Download our detailed filming guide</a> which provides all the information you need, including how to film your videos, the questions we’d like you to answer and how to submit your videos to us. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at info@techshecan.org.</p><p>The initial phase of the campaign launched in early March 2022, but we'll continue to add role model videos into the collection on an ongoing basis.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Other tech roles we'd love to feature: </strong><br>You work in tech across any sector, domain or discipline whether that’s AI/ML/Quantum, BigData, AdTech, AgriTech, AutoTech, BioTech, CleanTech, Construction, Cyber security, Defence, Design Engineering, E-commerce, EdTech, FinTech, FoodTech, Gaming, Human Centred Design, Human-computer interaction (HCI), IoT, InsurTech, LegalTech, Manufacturing, MedTech, On-demand, PropTech, RetailTech, RegTech, Robotics, Telecoms, TravelTec or VR/AR.&nbsp;</p>

Our latest Tech We Can lesson, aimed at inspiring kids aged 8 - 14 to consider a career in technology, explores how tech is helping to protect our planet and highlights some of the inspirational people working in this area.

Tech for Planet: new Tech We Can lesson for kids

<p>Since the COP26 climate summit earlier this month, topics such as sustainable living and protecting the future of our planet have dominated the news agenda, as well as entering our everyday conversations, including those taking place in schools and among young people.<br><br></p><p>Today, we’re delighted to announce the release of our latest free on-demand Tech We Can lesson, ‘Tech for the Planet’. Aimed at children aged 8-14, this lesson aims to show some of the innovative ways in which technologists around the world are using technology to protect our air, reduce waste, help clean the oceans and preserve our wildlife. It also highlights some of the role models working in these areas which we hope will inspire young viewers to consider a future career in technology. Many thanks to Lucinda Jones from Unilever and Mikya Rozner from Tesco for featuring in this lesson and sharing what their roles involve.<br><br></p><p>You can watch the lesson, taught by Becky Patel and Katie King in our new studio, above. As with all our Tech We Can online lessons, the content is free of charge and available to watch on demand.&nbsp;<br><br></p><p>Head to the <a href="/tech-we-can">Tech We Can</a> section of our site where you'll fine a wide range of on-demand lessons and lesson packs. Each explores the use of technology in a different area - from sport, to food and outer space - and highlights the types of careers that students could go into in the future.&nbsp;</p>

Tech for the Planet: new Tech We Can lesson for kids

On 28 September 2021, we celebrated Tech She Can becoming an independent charity, committed to improving the ratio of women working in technology roles.

Celebrating our future as a charity

<p>On 28 September 2021, we got together with our members, trustees and guest speakers to celebrate Tech She Can becoming an independent charity, committed to improving the ratio of women working in technology roles.</p><p>With an opening speech from one of our original founding members, Sandy Lacey-Aberdein, Head of Talent at Zoopla who kindly hosted the event, we went on to hear from our CEOs about future ambitions for Tech She Can. Our <a href="https://www.techshecan.org/about-us#trustees">trustees</a> took part in a panel session sharing stories about the challenges they face in relation to diversity within their own organisations, as well as the importance of visible role models, and how, by working together, we can make a real difference to improving the gender balance in tech. We were also delighted to have Priya Guha MBE join us as our keynote speaker. Priya highlighted how critical it is for women to participate in the design and development of technology if we're to solve today's biggest societal problems.</p><p>You can hear more about our journey so far and how we're looking forward to working with our members to extend our impact even further in this short video, filmed at the launch event. Whether it's through our <a href="/tech-we-can/">Tech We Can</a> lessons, apprenticeship schemes, career insights programmes, or work experience placements, we're looking to inspire more girls and young women about the exciting opportunities provided by technology - and the fantastic career opportunities it offers.</p>

As a charity, Tech She Can, working together with its board of Trustees and member organisations will be able to extend its reach and impact, inspiring more young girls and women to pursue a career in technology.

Tech She Can becomes a charity with over 200 members

<p>As a charity, Tech She Can can inspire more young girls and women to pursue a career in technology</p><p>Tech She Can Strategic Partners are PwC, Google, NatWest, Centrica, Credit Suisse, UST, Morgan Stanley, Tesco, Nationwide and Zoopla</p><p>Apprenticeships, career insights, and work experience weeks are a core part of its plans</p><p>Tech She Can is delighted to announce that it has become an independent charity. As a charity, Tech She Can, working together with its board of Trustees and member organisations will be able to extend its reach and impact, inspiring more young girls and women to pursue a career in technology. According to PwC’s <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/women-in-technology/time-to-close-the-gender-gap.html">Women in tech: Time to close the gender gap report</a>, only 3% of girls say a career in technology is their first choice.</p><p>Tech She Can was created by PwC in 2018 along with 18 founding organisations following a <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are/women-in-technology/time-to-close-the-gender-gap.html">PwC research initiative</a> into why girls and young women are less likely to study technology-based subjects, and pursue tech careers. Today, it is a charity with over 200 member organisations, with the Tech She Can Strategic Partners being: PwC, Google, NatWest, Centrica, Credit Suisse, UST, Morgan Stanley, Tesco, Nationwide and Zoopla. Other members include the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Channel 4 and come from a wide range of industries committed to collaborating to address the gender imbalance in technology roles in the UK.&nbsp;</p><p>Sheridan Ash MBE and Dr Claire Thorne are the new co-CEOs of the Tech She Can charity. Sheridan Ash is PwC UK’s Technology Innovation Leader and was recognised with an MBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to young girls and women through technology. Dr Claire Thorne has a background in innovation strategy, R&amp;D and commercialisation spanning universities, government and business. The board of Trustees comprises of: Chair of the Board of Trustees Auriol Stevens, Global Technology Director at Unilever; Wendy Redshaw, Chief Digital Information Officer at NatWest; Laura Barrowman, Chief Information Officer at Credit Suisse; Paul Hammond, VP of Engineering at Zoopla; Ben Higgin, Executive Board member and Technology Leader at PwC UK; Rob Harris, Head of Engineering at Centrica; Praveen Prabhakaran, Managing Director and Chief Delivery Officer UST UK; and Rebecca Stephens, Deputy Director of Digital and Policy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).</p><h2>Sheridan Ash MBE, Tech She Can Founder and co-CEO, said:</h2><p>“Tech She Can is going from strength to strength. It is inspiring girls and young women by showing them the exciting opportunities provided by technology and the great careers it offers. At the same time it is addressing the problem of skills shortages in technology and giving voice to female perspectives in the development and use of the technologies that we all use. By becoming a charity we will supercharge all the determination and passion that our members bring and the collaboration that underpins all we do. Our objective is for women to play an equal role in creating the technology that shapes our world.”</p><h2>Dr Claire Thorne, co-CEO, Tech She Can said:&nbsp;</h2><p>“With charitable status and a renewed purpose, an extensive and influential member base across all sectors, and a platform reaching schools UK-wide, I’m excited to join Tech She Can to co-lead the team at a time of such opportunity and momentum.</p><p>“As a young girl, technology careers and the routes into them were invisible to me; the guidance wasn’t there and today’s role models were only then breaking through. Now, as a woman in tech, a returner and a mum, I see first-hand the urgent need to inspire our next generation when they ask ‘what can I be when I grow up?’, to equip their schools and parents with the technology literacy they need to be able to make those routes a reality, and to value and retain our female talent, against the odds.”</p><h2>Tech We Can now reaches 630 schools</h2><p>In 2019, Tech She Can launched an online portal - called <a href="/tech-we-can/">Tech We Can</a> - following two successful pilots with schools across the UK. The online portal provides lesson plans for teachers which can be taught to girls and boys aged 9-14, with the aim of inspiring school students across the country to consider a career in technology, and boost the diversity of future technologists. The lesson plans are designed for teachers to adapt based on the technologies available at each participating school and showcase the breadth and depth of tech careers and highlight real life role models, especially females, from across the Tech She Can signatories. Tech We Can now reaches 630 schools across the UK.&nbsp;</p><p>During the pandemic, Tech We Can at Home was launched giving parents and carers access to lesson plans and a series of shorter online sessions, ‘Tech Tuesdays’ were run for 10 consecutive weeks, designed to be viewed on demand in the classroom or at home. There have now been over 1,300 home users of the lesson plans and over 7,500 total views of the Tech Tuesdays. Students and homeschoolers have taken part across the globe from the UK to Australia, Greece, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Thailand, the USA and Qatar.&nbsp;</p><h2>New initiatives</h2><p>Tech She Can piloted its very first apprenticeship scheme during the pandemic when Zoopla took onboard 10 trainee software engineers who participated in a 10 week virtual bootcamp. Findings from the boot camp were also used to help Centrica increase their share of female engineering apprentices to 40%. More recently, PwC, Zoopla, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley joined up to deliver Tech She Can’s first ‘Career Insight Programme’ for Year 11 students to find out how technology is used, the types of tech careers that exist, and meet role models from these organisations. The charity is looking to scale these initiatives with apprenticeships, career insights, and work experience weeks becoming a core part of its strategy.</p><p>Tech We Can Champions is a newer initiative which allows the employees of the member organisations to receive training in order to give back to their local schools and communities.</p><h2>Partnerships helping give Tech She Can a greater impact</h2><p>With the UK facing a critical technology skills shortage, Tech She Can has formed joint initiatives with a number of key partners including the DCMS and the Digital Skills Partnership, Future Dot Now, STEM learning, and Tech Talent Charter. In addition, Tech She Can has sponsored the establishment and participation in an All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Diversity &amp; Inclusion in STEM with the British Science Association.</p><h2>Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries said:</h2><p>“I welcome the work being done by Tech She Can to help the next generation of women and girls to pursue careers in technology .&nbsp;</p><p>"Helping a broader range of people get the skills they need to work in technology is not only the right thing to do, but also makes good business sense.</p><p>"I am delighted that Tech She Can's new charity status will help its efforts to boost diversity in the sector."</p><h2>Siân Allsopp, Technology Executive Director, Morgan Stanley said:</h2><p>“I consider myself to be an accidental technologist, because the importance of technology and the opportunities it opens up were not clear to me or my peers as we made our academic choices at school.&nbsp;</p><p>“Decades on, technology is crucial for our society; from fashion design and social media influencers to medicine and investment banking, technology is shaping our lives and progressing our economies. If we want products and solutions to meet the needs of all communities, then everyone needs to be included in the innovation, design and decision making. Tech She Can is putting technology and the incredibly diverse career opportunities it brings front and centre for women and girls – inspiring and motivating them to make a difference for all our futures.”</p>

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