BCS Women's Group - free mentoring available

 

The BCS Women's group is only open to BCS members but not only open to women! Members can contribute to the active eGroup and attend regularly held events.

The group has negotiated free membership for BCSWomen to MentorSET which establishes and manages mentoring relationships for women in Science, Engineering and Technology (www.mentorset.org.uk/). BCSWomen also encourages its members to participate as mentors in this programme.

The goals of BCSWomen from the start were to:

  • Provide an opportunity for networking for women working in IT or studying computing
  • Provide support for women working in IT
  • Support and encourage women and girls entering IT careers
  • Provide a central contact for media channels requiring comment of issues relating to women in IT
  • Assist women in IT to find, and become, mentors for other women
  • Contribute to BCS policy

The BCSWomen Specialist Group initiative was set up by Dr Sue Black FBCS, Reader & Head of School at University of Westminster. Sue, who is one of the many women balancing home and professional life with four children of her own, had for a long time felt a strong need to encourage women and girls to consider a career in IT. She also wanted to provide some sort of support network for women working in IT. Women working in IT can often miss female contact in their work place.

For the full story please read the attached article (pdf format).

To join please visit the BCS website .