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Ada Scotland 2024

We’ve been involved in Ada Scotland Festival since the beginning and are really proud to be able to share two events and one competition organised for 2024 by our students and staff.

ENUSEC CyberQuest: Capture the Flag 2024

Our security society, ENUSEC, are hosting a ctf for school, college, and uni students throughout the festival, from 1^st to 11^th October, with prizes for the winning teams.

Equate Scotland & Napier STEM present: Careers Event – Gender Minorities in STEM

Event: gender Minorities in STEM, Napier STEM

Wednesday 2^nd October, 2-4pm, Merchiston E14.

Napier STEM society are organising a careers event for women and gender minority students, and their allies, with speakers talking about their careers in everything from data science to construction. There will be tea, coffee and cake, please register.

Thanks to this event’s sponsors: Data Skills Gateway

SCEBE (Edinburgh Napier) and Equate Scotland present: Building networks for inclusion

Wednesday 9^th October, 3-5pm, Merchiston E14.

Collaboration between SCEBE and Equate Scotland, bringing together staff and students involved in networks, societies and events to celebrate and support underrepresented groups in STEM, such as women studying computing and engineering. Lightning talks, discussion, tea, coffee, cake. All welcome, pleaser register.

Lots of other Ada Scot events

Have a look through our events for students, teachers, employers, everyone. Some online, some in person. More being added every day.

More information

If you want to know more about our SCEBE gender imbalance research, please contact Dr Ella Taylor-Smith. Also for queries about any of the events, contact Ella or ENUSEC (for the CyberQuest) or Napier STEM (for the careers event on 2^nd October).

Ada Scotland Festival 2023: ENU events

Four events from SCEBE and Equate Scotland:

ENUSEC presents: Capture the Flag Competition

Test your cyberskills in ENUSEC’s annual Ada Scotland CTF. The competition is open to school students (S3-S6), college and uni students and runs throughout the Festival (2-13^th October, 2023).

Equate Scotland presents: Journeys into Data Science

Equate Scotland Journeys into Data Science

Online,
Thursday 5th October 2023, 12:30 to 13:30.
Join Equate Scotland online to explore opportunities for women and non-binary to come into a career in data science later in life.

Edinburgh Napier University presents: S2 Girls into STEM

4th year Civil Engineering Student

Merchiston Campus,
Tuesday 10th October 2023, 11:00 to 15:00.
On Ada Lovelace Day, we’re welcoming S2 girls and non-binary students into our the School of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment (SCEBE) at Merchiston, for STEM inspiration, challenges and fun.
To register a group please email outreach@napier.ac.uk

Napier STEM presents: Women and gender minorities in STEM careers event

Napier STEM Ada Scotland Careers Event

G04, Merchiston Campus, Wednesday 11th October 2023, 14:00 to 16:00.
Career-themed get together at Merchiston.
Women and gender minority students in Computing and Engineering (especially SCEBE students) are invited to come and listen to short career talks from professionals, ask questions, and meet other people, especially our Napier STEM society, and eat ice cream.

Lots more Ada Scotland Festival events

Lots more events on the Ada.Scot website and more being added daily.

If you want to chat about any of these events or get involved, please contact Ella Taylor-Smith.

Making Work Work for You

Free online workshop from Equate Scotland and Women into Tech as part of Ada Scotland Festival 2022.

Wednesday 19th October, 12:30 to 13:30, online.

This workshop is for women studying towards or thinking about a career in tech and/or wanting to move into an inclusive work environment.

Looking at both the opportunities and challenges for women in the tech industry, we will explore ways to build more inclusive workplaces and why this is particularly relevant and important in the tech industry. We will try to envision what our ideal organisation look like and provide you with tools and tips to build on this vision. This workshop is also an opportunity to meet with like-minded women, and find ways to navigate change in a constantly evolving workplace.

This workshop will support you to:

Understand the barriers women may face when studying or working in tech
Understand the importance of creating more diverse and inclusive workplaces
Recognise non-inclusive environments or situations at work
Envision how you want the future of work to look like
Identify ways to enhance change and create a more inclusive tech sector

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