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."

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; 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.First shown at our birthday event, you can watch the full conversation above.

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!

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. 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. 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> 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<div class="attachment-gallery attachment-gallery--2">﻿<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="151" data-trix-attributes="{&quot;presentation&quot;:&quot;gallery&quot;}" class="attachment attachment--preview attachment--jpg"><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/151/https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava.jpg/3024/3024"><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"></figcaption></a></figure>﻿﻿<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="156" 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/156/https://api.techshecan.org/storage/images/ava-1.jpg/1536/2048"><figcaption class="attachment__caption" data-trix-placeholder="Add a caption…"></figcaption></a></figure>﻿</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> 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. </div>﻿<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>﻿<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. 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. Tex: “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." B-bot: “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. </div><h3>How it works</h3>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. 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. 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 23.59 on Tuesday 13 December. 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. <h3> About the characters</h3>Tex 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. B-bot 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; <h3> 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. Tech She Can 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>. QuestFriendz 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>. 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. </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?

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. 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. 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. 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>. 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!

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.

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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!

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! 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>. 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;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.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; Other tech roles we'd love to feature: 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;