Company:Code First: Girls
| Type | Not for Profit Social Enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | High tech startups |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Alice Bentinck, Matthew Clifford |
| Headquarters | London , England |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Amali de Alwis, CEO |
| Website | www.codefirstgirls.org.uk |
Code First: Girls is a Not for Profit Social Enterprise that works exclusively with women in Britain to develop coding skills.[1][2]
The organisation promotes gender diversity and female participation in the technology sector by offering free and paid training and courses for students and professional women.[3] It also supports businesses to train staff and develop talent management policies.[4]
As of June 2016, Code First: Girls is reported to have provided in excess of £1.5 million worth of free coding courses to more than 1,500 women since 2013.[5][6]
Programs
According to the Code First: Girls website, the organisation offers "simple web and computer programming".[7] The course aims are to provide practical skills that can be applied to a participants' studies, their workplace, or if they are beginning their own tech startup.[8] Delivery of the courses comprises in-person lectures and tutorials.
Application process
Code First: Girls
Code First: Girls provide free part-time coding courses called University Chapters, at UK and Ireland campuses, which is exclusively for female university students.[9]
General courses in London are also delivered and are open to women with the following eligibility: Aged between 18-23; or Aged 18+ and currently studying; or Aged 18+ and completed their studies in the past 2 years.[10]
Code First: Professionals
Code First: Professionals women's courses are fee paying. These courses teach participants to make a website, how to improve its design and how to publish it online.[11]
History
Code First: Girls began in late 2012 as "a nine-week, free, part-time course to get female graduates from all walks of life not only interested in coding, but also better equipped to contribute to technical discussions in high-tech businesses".[12]
Founded by Alice Bentinck and Matthew Clifford, Code First: Girls was created they recognised a lack of female applications for their pre-seed investment programme Entrepreneur First (EF) .[13][14][15] EF supports the development of Code First: Girls.[16]
Bentinck claims that of the first cohort to complete Code First: Girls training, more than half of the women participants now self-identify as "technical" or working in software-development roles.[17]
Amali de Alwis was announced as first Chief Executive Officer of the organisation on Wednesday 8 April 2015, taking over from Bentinck and Clifford .[18][19]
In 2016 Code First: Girls was nominated for a National Diversity Award.[20][21]
References
- ↑ "Are girls-only tech clubs the right way to get more women into the channel? | CRN". http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/feature/2470553/are-girls-only-tech-clubs-the-right-way-to-get-more-women-into-the-channel.
- ↑ Davies, Sally (9 May 2014). "Girl power cracks code to storm the land of geeks". https://www.ft.com/content/0bef5d18-d755-11e3-a47c-00144feabdc0.
- ↑ "Code First: Girls". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/.
- ↑ McDonald, Clare (29 June 2016). "To create more female engineers, we need to create more strong female role models". http://www.computerweekly.com/blog/WITsend/GUEST-BLOG-To-create-more-female-engineers-we-need-to-create-more-strong-female-role-models.
- ↑ "Men still outnumber women in tech - what's your theory?". IT PRO. http://www.itpro.co.uk/strategy/26671/men-still-outnumber-women-in-tech-whats-your-theory.
- ↑ Finnegan, Matthew. "Teaching kids to code: Barclays Code Playground isn't the only game in town. Other tools and courses can inspire a new generation of software developers" (in en-GB). Techworld. http://www.techworld.com/careers/teaching-kids-code-how-inspire-new-generation-of-software-developers-3611221/.
- ↑ "Pros FAQ's". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/faqs.html.
- ↑ "Pros FAQ's". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/faqs.html.
- ↑ "A/W 2016 courses". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/aw-2016-courses.html.
- ↑ "A/W 2016 courses". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/aw-2016-courses.html.
- ↑ "CFG pros FAQs". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/cf-pros-faqs.html.
- ↑ "Girls-only coding class looks to increase female tech startup presence1". http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2294100/girlsonly-coding-class-looks-to-increase-female-tech-startup-presence.
- ↑ "Inspirational Woman: Alice Bentinck | Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First and Code First: Girls" (in en-US). 2016-04-29. http://www.wearethecity.com/inspirational-woman-alice-bentinck-co-founder-entrepreneur-first-code-first-girls/.
- ↑ "ELLE's Tech Titans: Alice Bentinck". ELLE UK. 2016-09-19. http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/elle-voices/articles/a31901/elles-tech-titans-alice-bentinck/.
- ↑ "Lessons from running a start-up accelerator". http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lessons-running-start-up-accelerator/1400249#.
- ↑ "London’s startup scene is getting more sophisticated". The Economist. 2016-03-10. ISSN 0013-0613. https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21694594-gone-are-days-when-barely-qualified-hopefuls-could-pitch-away-londons-startup-scene.
- ↑ "Lessons from running a start-up accelerator". http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/lessons-running-start-up-accelerator/1400249#Ezr3FqRBGRlAERYS.99.
- ↑ Kirton, Hayley (2015-11-24). "Britain's brightest bulbs in tech travel to Malta confernece". http://www.cityam.com/229444/britains-brightest-bulbs-from-the-tech-industry-to-present-to-commonwealth-politicians-and-businesspeople-in-malta.
- ↑ "Amali de Alwis joins Code First: Girls as CEO". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/press-releases/uk-press-release-london-wednesday-7th-april-2015-amali-de-alwis-joins-code-first-girls-as-ceo.
- ↑ "I have just voted for Code First: Girls for Community Organisation at The National Diversity Awards, click here to vote for this person". https://nominate.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/Nominate/Endorse/30212?name=Code%20First:%20Girls.
- ↑ "Register Your Interest". http://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/cfg-newsletter.html.
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