BCSWomen Lovelace
@bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social
UK's main conference for women undergraduates and MSc students in computer science. Open to non-binary people too.
Great site visit to Bath this week. It's going to be awesome!
June 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Great site visit to Bath this week. It's going to be awesome!
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Lovely people, inspiring speakers, and great ideas. Our students share their experience of this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium. blogs.napier.ac.uk/womenintotec...
BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium 2025 - Women into Tech
I strongly recommend to any women or gender minorities in computing or related at university to take advantage of this opportunity!
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May 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Lovely people, inspiring speakers, and great ideas. Our students share their experience of this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium. blogs.napier.ac.uk/womenintotec...
We are at LSBU wrapping up 2025 and planning for Lovelace 2026 - Bath, April 9-10.
May 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We are at LSBU wrapping up 2025 and planning for Lovelace 2026 - Bath, April 9-10.
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Excellent article on this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social in the latest issue of the BCS @wearebcs.bsky.social IT NOW magazine:
www.bcs.org/articles-opi...
Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
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Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
Dare, always dare: Lovelace Colloquium 2025
On 16 April 2025 the BCS Lovelace Colloquium celebrated its 18th birthday at the University of Glasgow Student’s Union (GUU), a building which forbade women until 1980. Georgia Smith reports.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excellent article on this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social in the latest issue of the BCS @wearebcs.bsky.social IT NOW magazine:
www.bcs.org/articles-opi...
Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
www.bcs.org/articles-opi...
Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
Our chair, @safiabarikzai.bsky.social has been shortlisted in the SheCanCode STEM Educator awards.
shecancode.io/stem-educato...
If you want to vote for her please do!
She's not only chair of our brilliant women-in-tech conference, she's a school governor, senior lecturer and an all-round superstar
shecancode.io/stem-educato...
If you want to vote for her please do!
She's not only chair of our brilliant women-in-tech conference, she's a school governor, senior lecturer and an all-round superstar
STEM Educator Awards Shortlist 2025
Discover the 2025 shortlist for SheCanCode's STEM Educator Awards, celebrating the outstanding educators shaping the future of women in STEM.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our chair, @safiabarikzai.bsky.social has been shortlisted in the SheCanCode STEM Educator awards.
shecancode.io/stem-educato...
If you want to vote for her please do!
She's not only chair of our brilliant women-in-tech conference, she's a school governor, senior lecturer and an all-round superstar
shecancode.io/stem-educato...
If you want to vote for her please do!
She's not only chair of our brilliant women-in-tech conference, she's a school governor, senior lecturer and an all-round superstar
The organising team are already excitedly making draft plans for next year’s Lovelace Colloquium (the 19th!) while on their journey home. It’ll be at Bath University, 9-10 April 2026 and we’re looking forward to it.
April 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The organising team are already excitedly making draft plans for next year’s Lovelace Colloquium (the 19th!) while on their journey home. It’ll be at Bath University, 9-10 April 2026 and we’re looking forward to it.
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New technology developed by @ilyena.bsky.social of @uofgcompsci.bsky.social in partnership with Blair Drummond Safari Park which allows zoo animals and their human visitors to share experiences could have positive benefits for both.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
April 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New technology developed by @ilyena.bsky.social of @uofgcompsci.bsky.social in partnership with Blair Drummond Safari Park which allows zoo animals and their human visitors to share experiences could have positive benefits for both.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
We’d like to thank all our sponsors this year, starting with our Gold sponsor Ocado Technology, and their excellent speaker Bala Tirumalasetti and panel member Mariana Fonseca. Ocado have sponsored the Lovelace attendees for four years now and we’re so pleased they support diversity in computing.
April 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We’d like to thank all our sponsors this year, starting with our Gold sponsor Ocado Technology, and their excellent speaker Bala Tirumalasetti and panel member Mariana Fonseca. Ocado have sponsored the Lovelace attendees for four years now and we’re so pleased they support diversity in computing.
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What an amazing day we had at the @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social Colloquium yesterday! Massive congratulations to Rose Gowen from @durhamuniversity.bsky.social who came first in the poster competition 💜🙌🏽🥳
April 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What an amazing day we had at the @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social Colloquium yesterday! Massive congratulations to Rose Gowen from @durhamuniversity.bsky.social who came first in the poster competition 💜🙌🏽🥳
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It was so good to catch up with @safiabarikzai.bsky.social at the @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social social evening last night 🤩
April 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It was so good to catch up with @safiabarikzai.bsky.social at the @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social social evening last night 🤩
And now cake.
April 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And now cake.
It's time for the prizewinners megathread!
April 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's time for the prizewinners megathread!
In the afternoon we had a great talk from Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas about using technology to enable animals to communicate remotely (her dog can video call her, and parrots can call other parrots).
April 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In the afternoon we had a great talk from Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas about using technology to enable animals to communicate remotely (her dog can video call her, and parrots can call other parrots).
Carole Rennie Logan was our third and final speaker of the morning session. She described her progress from graduate to community organiser and conference speaker.
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Carole Rennie Logan was our third and final speaker of the morning session. She described her progress from graduate to community organiser and conference speaker.
Our next speaker was Bala Tirumalasetti from our Gold Sponsor Ocado Technology. Bala spoke about improving processes at Ocado, and having the right structures and frameworks to do that.
April 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Our next speaker was Bala Tirumalasetti from our Gold Sponsor Ocado Technology. Bala spoke about improving processes at Ocado, and having the right structures and frameworks to do that.
"All those people who look like they've got it sorted? They don't." We are all still inventing ourselves. Great start to the keynote from Sharon Moore.
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"All those people who look like they've got it sorted? They don't." We are all still inventing ourselves. Great start to the keynote from Sharon Moore.
18! Here we go
April 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
18! Here we go
Ready to greet you all!
April 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ready to greet you all!
It's Lovelace day!
See everyone here in Glasgow University Union later 😀
See everyone here in Glasgow University Union later 😀
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It's Lovelace day!
See everyone here in Glasgow University Union later 😀
See everyone here in Glasgow University Union later 😀
And this evening we had a social for those staying the night before, with human bingo and a quiz.
April 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
And this evening we had a social for those staying the night before, with human bingo and a quiz.
Today we’ve been doing all the preparations for tomorrow: lots of bag packing and moving of boxes into our beautiful venue ready for the morning.
April 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today we’ve been doing all the preparations for tomorrow: lots of bag packing and moving of boxes into our beautiful venue ready for the morning.
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The @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social colloquium finally comes to Glasgow! www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has finally made it to Glasgow! Amazing… | Matthew Barr
The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has finally made it to Glasgow! Amazing turnout tonight for the pre-conference social, with Colloquium founder Hannah Dee on quizmaster duties. Fantastic atmosphere in...
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April 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social colloquium finally comes to Glasgow! www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
Our conference tomorrow - no tickets left, sorry, we're full - is in GUU. Attendees coming by public transport should go to KELVINBRIDGE subway and head up the Great Western Road, then turn left on to Bank Street. Detailed directions + pics follow...
April 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Our conference tomorrow - no tickets left, sorry, we're full - is in GUU. Attendees coming by public transport should go to KELVINBRIDGE subway and head up the Great Western Road, then turn left on to Bank Street. Detailed directions + pics follow...
Our social this evening - for poster presenters and helpers only - is in QMU. This is a thread to help them find it...
First, get the SUBWAY to HILLHEAD.
First, get the SUBWAY to HILLHEAD.
April 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Our social this evening - for poster presenters and helpers only - is in QMU. This is a thread to help them find it...
First, get the SUBWAY to HILLHEAD.
First, get the SUBWAY to HILLHEAD.
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On route to Glasgow for the 18th annual @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social Colloquium. Now stuck at Preston due to massive train delays. Not complaining as I’ve got plenty of chocolate to keep me happy - thank you Dr Hannah Dee MBE!
April 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
On route to Glasgow for the 18th annual @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social Colloquium. Now stuck at Preston due to massive train delays. Not complaining as I’ve got plenty of chocolate to keep me happy - thank you Dr Hannah Dee MBE!