http://girlygeekdom.com Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! Tue, 22 May 2012 09:35:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! GirlyGeekdom no Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! http://girlygeekdom.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://girlygeekdom.com/category/news/research http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/women-have-most-to-gain-from-solving-internet-it-deficit http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/women-have-most-to-gain-from-solving-internet-it-deficit#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:00:41 +0000 BCS Pioneers http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18064
A panel debate took place on the morning of 21 September 2010 to discuss the results of  a landmark research report commissioned by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.  The report, ‘The Information Dividend: Why IT makes you happier’ shows that women gain more, more quickly than other groups in society when given access to the [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/women-have-most-to-gain-from-solving-internet-it-deficit/feed 1 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/digital-exclusion http://girlygeekdom.com/news/digital-exclusion#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:00:42 +0000 BCS Pioneers http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18047
Digital Exclusion: Women have most to gain from solving internet & IT deficit British women are losing most from the digital exclusion crisis, according to a new research from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.  The landmark report ‘The Information Dividend: why IT makes you happier’ shows women benefit more than other groups when given [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/digital-exclusion/feed 1 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/poorest-countries-biggest-winners-international-wellbeing-index http://girlygeekdom.com/news/poorest-countries-biggest-winners-international-wellbeing-index#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:00:35 +0000 BCS Pioneers http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=14082
Research for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, finds world’s most satisfied nations A new global study from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has found that some of the world’s poorest countries are amongst the happiest thanks to their access to and use of IT. By comparison, some of the richest nations have the [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/poorest-countries-biggest-winners-international-wellbeing-index/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/events/big-year-entrepreneur-competition http://girlygeekdom.com/events/big-year-entrepreneur-competition#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:00:07 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=8583
Register now and enter a competition that could change your life. The incredible prize is to win a “money can’t buy” trip around the world.  Millions of people want to travel the world and return with new skills.  But how would you like to do it for free? A competition to win a 12-month, round-the-world [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/events/big-year-entrepreneur-competition/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/survey-breaking-gender-stereotypes http://girlygeekdom.com/news/survey-breaking-gender-stereotypes#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:49 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=8438
Breaking Gender Stereotypes – Calling professional women who have left the corporate world and are now entrepreneurs! Whether in Melbourne, Singapore, Bangalore or Paris, we want to hear the voices of women worldwide who have made the transition from their corporate professions to become entrepreneurs or run a portfolio career. Please share your views on [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/survey-breaking-gender-stereotypes/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/happy http://girlygeekdom.com/news/happy#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:34:42 +0000 Dr Mariann Hardey http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=5658
Happy? with the Web I mean. Because it strikes me we are not. The latest research from bizreport speculates that individuals are experiencing increasing levels of ‘web stress’. Whilst the run of social networks will have it that everyone knows everything about everybody and this IS a good thing. It seems that such networking could have the run of us. ]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/happy/feed 5 http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/women-technology-1999-2009 http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/women-technology-1999-2009#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:00:02 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=2886
Since everyone has been doing their decade blog posts I thought it might be a good idea to look back through the last 10 years of women in technology and see how the industry has changed during this time. Many of you already know that I tend to keep an eye on what’s in the [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/women-technology-1999-2009/feed 6 http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/interviews/women-in-high-level-management-no-opportunities http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/interviews/women-in-high-level-management-no-opportunities#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:45:56 +0000 Sara Stephens http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=838
Provides an outline of women within the IT sector the reasons for their lack of numbers, if they face any gender related obstacles with conclusions around awareness, communication and confidence issues.]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/interviews/women-in-high-level-management-no-opportunities/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/get-your-content-connected-the-writings-on-the-wall http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/get-your-content-connected-the-writings-on-the-wall#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:21:00 +0000 Nicole Mathison http://girlgeekdinners.com/girlygeekdom/2009/04/24/get-your-content-connected-the-writings-on-the-wall/
I am re-publishing the below by kind permission of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), as it was written for the May issue of their Update magazine. [Image Source: Qwantz] Research findings released late last year by the University of Illinois suggest that when conducting cardiopulmonary resuscitation on those who have suffered [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/get-your-content-connected-the-writings-on-the-wall/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/a-whooper-of-a-social-networking-saga http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/a-whooper-of-a-social-networking-saga#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:06:00 +0000 Dr Mariann Hardey http://girlgeekdinners.com/girlygeekdom/2009/02/05/a-whooper-of-a-social-networking-saga/
We like to bring a range of stories and commentaries to the GG blog. What follows is as much for your stomach as your social network. And could do damage to both… In the light of Facebook’s fifth birthday (yesterday) have you heard that the ‘King’ of the burger giants has created an application for [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/research/a-whooper-of-a-social-networking-saga/feed 6