Archive: Education
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Mar 18, 2010
No CommentsResearch: Help Get Girls & Women into SET



Next Thursday, March 25, 2010, AAUW will release a new report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, which focuses on innovative ways to help girls and women succeed in ...
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Mar 16, 2010
No CommentsStudentville: An alternative use for a Digital Photo Frame



Some years ago I got a Digital Photoframe, and recently it’s just been used for pictures but it got me thinking about how I used to use it. So far this is what I’ve come up with: Photoframe FlashCards...
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Feb 26, 2010
No CommentsAda Lovelace Inspirations & Pledge



If you remember, last year brought the very first Ada Lovelace Day, Founded by Suw Charman-Anderson where loads and loads of bloggers, male and female wrote about their geeky, science, technology and mathematical inspirations. Well it’s coming...
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Feb 10, 2010
No CommentsEducation: Legally Blonde The Musical



A number of weeks back I was invited along to Legally Blonde the Musical, it was the Gala evening and all the stars were out in support of the event. I was fortunate enough to be...
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Jan 31, 2010
No CommentsWhat do Skiing, Snowboarding & C Have in Common?



A short while ago I came across a fantastic little tweet courtesy of my lovely followers! It was all about a new board game which I’m hoping to get my hands on to review and see how...
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Jan 27, 2010
No CommentsApple Live Event



CrunchGear have released their live stream for the Apple Announcements over in San Francisco. In case you’ve been struggling to find the links or the information I’ve included the live stream here below! Enjoy! Watch live streaming video from...
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Jan 01, 2010
No CommentsAn Interview with Timothy Hill of Ferguson Hill



A while back I got the opportunity to catch up with some great people at the Beam Presents event, and chat to them about their technologies, what they do and how young people might be able to...
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Nov 17, 2009
No CommentsThe Trouble with UK Education & Science, Engineering & Technology
I’ve spent fair while in the IT sector and through running Girl Geek Dinners and reviewing the issues sorrounding the industry I am seeing some consistent and constant patterns that are affecting our Science, Technology and Engineering industry sectors. Here’s what I’ve noticed. The Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) sectors are all struggling to attract...
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Nov 11, 2009
No CommentsThe Manga Guide to Calculus (& Competition!)



On Twitter I have been teasing some of my followers telling them this post was coming well here it is! Not so long ago we managed to get our hands onto the Manga Guide to Physics,...
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Nov 09, 2009
No CommentsCompetition: Are you the next Bill Gates?
XMA have just launched a shiny new fun competition aimed at students in the UK with an interest and passion for Technology. Some would say they are geeky, others nerdy and those of us in the know, just think of them as technical, intelligent and an inspiration. So do you know someone like this,...