The day has come! Our very own CEO
@amali_d
has officially been awarded her MBE for services to Women in Technology ๐
Congratulations Amali! ๐ We are incredibly proud of you.
Photo credit
@RoyalFamily
This been quite a year... ๐
In 2018 we taught 3k+ young women to code for free, with 140 courses run over the UK with 140 volunteer instructors! ๐
This wouldn't be possible without the help of our 2020 partners
@BofAML
@GoldmanSachs
@thetrainline
@OVH
@KKR_Co
. Please share!
๐จ APPLICATIONS OPEN!
The long-awaited CFG nanodegree is accepting applications! Including 12-weeks of coding in data or software leading to a job opportunity with one of our legendary partners. Apply now, this is ยฃ10,000 of learning offered 100% free.
The list of TOP UK WOMEN ๐ under 30 IN TECH IS OUT ๐๐
Get to know the list of the most promising and exciting young women in
#tech
!!
Follow
#CFGOTW
to get to know the tech Leaders of Tomorrow ๐
In 2017 we promised to teach 20,000 women to code for free by the end of 2020. We're excited to announce that we have smashed our goal! Alongside
@BankofAmerica
@GoldmanSachs
@KKR_Co
@thetrainline
@OVHcloud
, we're building a coalition who are leading the charge to gender equity.
Have you heard the news โบ๏ธ๐? We're halfway there! We're thrilled to announce that we've succeeded in โ TEACHING 10,000 WOMEN TO
#CODE
FOR FREE โ
Find out more about our most exciting UK tech milestone to date via
@WATC_Updates
๐๐ผ
Great NEWS๐ We are delighted to announce our partnership with
@BTGroup
for an exciting initiative: a 3 month intensive training programme for young women looking to up-skill in tech & digital. The deadline to apply is July 30th. The best part? It's FREE!
We have a big announcement in...
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We've reached 10,000 followers on twitter! Thank you to everyone in our community for supporting us. Look out for our 10 favourite things about
@CodeFirstGirls
coming soon!
Unbelievable day at our 2019 conference
#timeforchange2019
.
Delighted to be with 100+ of the most talented women in the U.K. and canโt wait to get them into tech, in association with Twitter.
We hope you all enjoyed the sneak preview of our new brand!
Opportunities to join our Career Switcher web development course, starting 4th May, are filling up fast! To claim one of the last spots, click the link. โฌ๏ธ Learn to build a website, in your living room, today. โฌ๏ธ
๐ฃ We are delighted to announce our Ones to Watch 2019 ๐ฃ Congratulations to these 25 women doing impressive work in tech & entrepreneurship. We're celebrating their career choices & hope to encourage more to follow in their footsteps ๐ Find out more here
As part of our
#cfg2020
launch ๐ we have a
#Kickstarter
campaign. Please support us in our aim to raise ยฃ25k to train 20,000 women to
#code
by 2020. Makes a perfect
#christmas
present! ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Thrilled to announce our
#CFG2020
campaign today! We aim to train 20,000 women to
#code
by end of 2020. 51% of the population are women so why shouldnโt 51% of coders be ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป? ๐๐ป to our amazing partners
@KKR_Co
@OVH
and more to come ๐๐ป
๐It's the moment you've all been waiting for ๐ CF:G FREE coding courses are OFFICIALLY open for applications! We'll be running courses across the UK & Ireland, so please share with your friends, family, peers & colleagues ๐ฉโ๐ป
Apply NOW ๐
#cfgcommunity
Have you heard the great news? ๐๐ฃ Our very own CEO and
#WomaninTech
@amali_d
has been selected as
@ComputerWeekly
's most influential woman in UK tech 2018! ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป๐ Congratulations Amali โฅ๏ธ
๐ฉโ๐ปTake hold of your career this summer!
We have HUNDREDS of fully funded places available on coding courses across the UK with support from NatWest, Deloitte, Barclays, Zopa and other partners. Sign up now at -
Are you ready to pay it forward? We need help from our community to develop new 1-hour intro classes for a variety of coding languages and subjects. To learn more, check out our opportunities page & SHARE! -
#coding
#payitforward
#womeninSTEM
#tech
We are offering more 100% FREE, 100% OPEN massive online courses in
#data
science,
#python
and web
#development
during
#Freshers
Week!
The courses are a one hour taster and the best way to get a glimpse into the world of
#coding
during Code Fest 2020.
๐
WE ARE SO CLOSE TO 1000 REGISTRATIONS!
Share with your mother, sister and friends. Code Fest 2020 will be such an awesome learning experience and we want you all to be there. Register here -
@WATC_WeAreTech
@womenintech
@Stemettes
@BlackGirlsCode
We are lost for words! Our CF:G CEO
@amali_d
has today been announced by Inclusive Boards as one of the top 100 most influential Black, Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) leaders in the UK tech sector๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ง
Check out the full
#IB100
list at
@FinancialTimes
๐๐ผ
At Code First: Girls we are committed to empowering young
#Women
to enter the
#tech
industry with the skills,confidence and security they need๐ช๐ฝ๐ญ
Our
#Coding
courses aim to stop the widening skills gap in the tech industry!
โ๐ฝย Join us on our mission to keep
#DiversityInTech
We have some news. Some BIG Code First: Girls news! ๐คฉ๐งจ๐นGet the lowdown below, and then help us write our next exciting CF:G chapter by sharing this post to help us find our next amazing leader in chief!
We are very excited to confirm the wonderful
@paulienuh
as a speaker for the Northern Conference!!
Pauline is a Biomedical Sciences student at the University of Sheffield, a self-taught developer and blogger.
For more info:
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๐ Click the link in bio to sign up!
#CodeFirstGirls
"The number of women in computer science has steadily decreased since the 80s, the tech industry needs to change"
@WIRED
talk to
@MariaKlawe
about the dangers of keeping women out of tech. Read it here ๐๐ผ
#stem
#womenintech
#diversity
The cherry on the cake following a bumper year for the CFG family - we are delighted to announce that our CEO
@amali_d
has been awarded an MBE this year in Queenโs New Years honours list for services to diversity and training in tech!
We're officially halfway there ๐! Our free
#CodingCourses
have been given to 10,000 women, which puts us at the halfway mark of teaching 20,000 women to code for free by 2020 โบ๏ธ Thank you
@Irish_TechNews
๐๐ผ
#CFG2020
We've trained 5,000 young women to
#Code
so far.
๐บ At the beginning of December, we launched our ambitious campaign to quintuple that figure to 20,000 by 2020.
Not a member of our community yet?
Join us ๐ย ๐
๐
#CFGRoleModel
๐ Katie Bouman, who yesterday became an internet sensation for developing an algorithm to capture the first image of a Black Hole The image has become an inspiration for women in STEM, a welcome symbol in a world hungry for representation
Over the past few years Code First Girls has shaped the future of almost 30,000 women, and now we need you to shape our future.
Please take some time to share your thoughts and share it with your CFG friends and networks. You might even win ยฃ50! ๐ธ
๐ฉโ๐ป We still have spots open on a free 8-week Intro to
#Data
course! It's open to ANY women regardless of age or background, so there's no reason not to apply! Here's the form, please share with your networks -
#womenintech
#upskill
#skillshortage
#talent
Applications are now OPEN for our annual conferenceโผ๏ธSaturday 18/11 in London ๐ก๐ขApply for a place by midnight Sunday 8/10. Find out more about our fantastic line up here ๐
#CFGConf17
#CodeFirstGirls
In less than 3 years, we have taught over 20,000 women to code. This is a huge achievement, but it is just the beginning. Read this for more insight into what Code First Girls is doing next to give women the fair advantage:
There's another side to this story!
This year alone, Code First Girls will be teaching an *additional* 20,000 women to code for free, including over 240 on our new 12-week nanodegree in data or software engineering.
@BBCNews
@lucythinks
@BBC_HaveYourSay
Hi, I'm Holly and I am doing work experience with
@CodeFirstGirls
this week!
I'll be running all their social medias, so look out for some new posts
#hollytakesover
๐ฃ We've launched a number of
#Remote
8-week courses, with start dates available across Spring! Code in your pajamas & kickstart your learning with CFG. Apply now:
We are celebrating ๐ our very own CEO
@amali_d
as she is named by Inclusive Boards as one of the top 100 most influential Black, Asian Minority Ethnic leaders in the UK tech sector๐๐พ๐ฌ๐ง
@FinancialTimes
โ
Switch off the comparison and focus on your own unique skills and successes.
We are grateful for each of the stunning women in our community and are so excited for all the things to come!
#mondaymotivation
#womenintech
#learntocode
Roughly 56% of women drop out of tech roles by the 15-year mark in their career ๐! A staggering percentage,particularly at a time when younger
#WomeninSTEM
are seeking career role models and companies are gasping for experienced talent. By
@jkhoey
@Forbes
In the spirit of
#GivingTuesday
โค๏ธ we'd like to thank everyone who has helped us provide over ยฃ2.5million worth of
#free
coding education!
Equally, we love to hear from our community and if
#CodeFirstGirls
has changed your life please contact us ๐ฉโ๐ป๐จโ๐ป
We need a new logo and are calling on our community to share your creativity with us! The winner will get a spot on our brand new ๐ CF:Pros Digital Marketing Course (London) ๐ in October. Find out more and submit a design here ๐
๐Thank you
@WATC_WeAreTech
for awarding us with the Company of The Year Award last night ๐ Delighted to have received it and to continue supporting
#WomenInTech
across the nation
#TechWomen100
#InternationalWomansDay
๐๐ป๐ - Give yourself international skills, teach yourself how to
#Code
. Underpin with data from
@TechCityUK
, which found that tech and digital jobs pay 45% more. Why not celebrate it by signing up to a coding course?
It's Ada Lovelace day, and we at
#codefirstgirls
could not think of a more timely reminder of the importance of women in technology. Congratulations to all the amazing women in STEM!
Check it out!
@ComputerWeekly
have announced the ninth annual
#UKtech50
โ their definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector๐๐ฌ๐ง
We are over the moon to see our own CEO
@amali_d
coming in at
#10
, congratulations!๐๐๐พ
Today we're celebrating Ada Lovelace, the original Woman in Tech and first computer programmer - go Ada! We also want to take some time to celebrate the women in tech who don't have a day dedicated to them, but are doing kick-ass things in the tech space. Tell us your story here!
"My first dream job was to be an astronaut ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐, that translated into thinking about working at a company in engineering or tech and R&D as a teenager. I always found building things exciting, but it was also important to build & make things with purpose..."
As part of Code Fest 2020, we are excited to be hosting a panel featuring Black women who are tech founders or founding team members!
If you would like to speak on this panel, please reach out to us directly or comment below.
We've increased the number of courses we offer!
A big welcome and an even bigger good luck to our 14 new centres, welcome to the
@CodeFirstGirls
organisation. Let's diversify!
And this is just the start, folks!๐๐๐ "
We have another incredible partnership to announce ๐ฃ๐! Europe's largest cloud services provider,
@OVH
, has joined forces with Code First: Girls to support us on our mission to close the tech
#GenderGap
as part of our
#CFG2020
initiative ๐๐ฝ โบ๏ธVia
@Bdaily
The evidence keeps on coming! ๐๐พ Once again research indicates that a more diverse workforce = better overall performance๐ช๐ฝ Get the full story here courtesy of
@TechNative
discussing women working in the rapidly growing field of cyber security! ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป๐๐ฝ
Have you heard the good news?๐๐
๐๐พOur CEO
@amali_d
was listed alongside some of the UK's leading entrepreneurs in the Queenโs New Year Honours list 2019 for their notable contribution to the economy! ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐ฝ
Thank you
@iamnewgenmag
for the feature!
Who's calling?? We are! Are you โ๏ธ or non-binary and based in
#London
this Autumn? We're offering you our FREE
#HTML
#CSS
coding courses this October at locations all across the City! Apply here โฉ โช ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ป
#womenintech
#diversityintech
Congratulations to our co-founder
@Alicebentinck
who the
@ComputerWeekly
50 Most influential women in UK tech for 2019! ๐๐ช๐ฝCheck out the full list of inspiring women who made the cut! ๐๐ผ
How fitting that we 'tweet' (insert whistle sound here ๐) to remind you that our Annual Conference
@TwitterUK
is due to happen exactly one month from today!! ๐๐๏ธ Stay tuned to our social media over the coming weeks for more about the day's events!
#CFGConf17
Not a student? Not a problem! ๐โ๏ธIf you are โ๏ธaged 18-23, or recently graduated, you can sign up for our free coding courses in
#London
! Build your own
#website
& surprise everyone with your new coding skills. Apply NOW! โฉโช
#womenintech
๐๐ฉโ๐ป
Join the April cohort of the Code First Girls Fellowship with a team of awesome women in tech. Get teaching experience and an opportunity to share your talents! Anyone with some tech experience can join. Apply here -
@IoCoding
@techcharterUK
@Stemettes
Today we're celebrating Juneteenth 2020, the historic day that commemorates the official end of slavery in the US. Take some time today to celebrate, educate and continue the fight for freedom around the world.
Our โญ๏ธProfessional coursesโญ๏ธ kicking off in October combine the best of CF:G education with a network of motivated individuals who want to shape their careers in Tech๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป Our courses are strictly capped at a maximum of 20 attendees, enrol today!
๐ฃHave you heard the good news? Code First: Girls has teamed up with Europe's largest cloud services provider
@OVH
on our mission to close the tech gender gap as part of our
#CFG2020
project! ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ปGet more info on this amazing partnership here at
@BCloudUK
๐๐ผ
Python programming is one of the most popular languages for beginners, and this introduction course is perfect for anyone coding-curious! With the chance to explore jobs with Goldman Sachs, this is a great first step of your coding career! Register at
"It wasnโt just about being creative,it was about making things better, and most importantly, understanding people and thinking about how people fit into those things". In case you missed it,catch up with
@amali_d
as she shared her experiences with
@Forbes
QOTD: Avoid putting something off just because it takes a long time to achieve. Your time will pass anyway, you may as well fit it with something that matters to you๐
#codefirstgirls
#womenintech
#qotd
Huge thanks to these lovely ladies from
@8thLightInc
for clarifying all things Git related!!! We've learned so much about basic git, branching and working with remotes. ๐Have no fear, repositories have been made clear! ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป๐ป๐
Want to kickstart 2020 by learning to code? ๐ฉโ๐ป We have opportunities all over the UK and Ireland for our Spring Courses, with more being added every day! Get involved here โก๏ธโก๏ธ โฌ ๏ธโฌ ๏ธ
A lot has changed in a short space of time. The world is having to adapt fast. We're running Hack from Home to create tools to assist people in their new routines & we want to see female/non-binary teams taking the lead! Find out more & join here
TODAY, London will host the worldโs largest event dedicated to tackling the technology industryโs gender imbalance.
๐Follow the link to secure your ticket for the
@womeninitawards
โ
#WomenInITAwards
โฅ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ป
We couldnโt be happier!!
@GoldmanSachs
, the leading global banking and financial services company, has just announced a partnership with Code First: Girls!!
#CFG2020
Looking for your latest challenge while at home?
We have just launched a number of
#Remote
8-week courses, with start dates available across April! Choose the 'location' closest to you, and apply today!
โญ๏ธ๐ฉโ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ปโญ๏ธ
Looking to start a career in tech? ๐ปThree women in the industry share their top pieces of advice for others looking to get started in the sector. Read it on
@Telegraph
and spot the
@CodeFirstGirls
mention ๐คฉ๐ฅณ๐๐ผ
#WomenInSTEM
๐
#LabourDay
is the annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of Workers.
Where do we stand with
#WomenInTech
๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป? In 2016, female
#Programmers
&
#SoftwareDeveloper
made up only 3.9% of tech & telco professionals! Let's change these numbers together