At the start of October, Little Miss Geek held a ral- lying call to MPs in Parlia- ment to get them to sign the HER in Hero pledge. Little Miss Geek is inspir- ing the next generation of young girls to change the world through tech- nology.
The purpose of the
campaign on 15 October was to celebrate our fe- male heroes of the past and present, in order to in- spire young girls to become our female heroes of the future, as a part of Ada Lovelace Day. Little Miss Geek is providing resources to teachers so they can in- corporate female heroes into the curriculum and their assemblies. The cam- paign is asking schools across the UK to host a HER in Hero assembly, and
has already reached 5,000 girls.
Currently, the UK’s
tech workforce is only 17% female, and over the last 10 years this has been dropping by 0.5% each year. If the UK continues at this rate, by 2043 there will be less than 1% wom- en working in technology despite more women being big consumers of technolo- gy.
Technology is shap-
ing the future for all indus- tries, so it is essential we increase diversity as this leads to greater innovation addressing technology’s gender divide is simply smart economics.
For more informa-
tion, go to: to the website by clicking the link oppo- site.
http://littlemissgeek.com/her-in-hero.
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I was delighted to meet with BA at Heathrow in my new trade and invest- ment role to discuss investment routes and the contribution the airline indus- try provides to exporting and inward investment. As part of my visit I was pleased
to hear about the new opportunities BA are opening up with the arrival of their new fleet of large Airbus A380 and Boe- ing Dreamliner aircraft. These new planes transform the way in which BA can offer travel options. BA have used new flight simulators to retrain their pi- lots and I was fortunate to be able to try flying an A380. My takeoff and landings were “comfortable” but, rest assured, I will not be taking control of a real plane with 470 passengers any time soon.
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