{"id":1116,"date":"2017-03-02T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:52:46","slug":"codeclan-women-digital-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/digital\/2017\/03\/02\/codeclan-women-digital-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"How CodeClan helps to get women into Scotland’s digital sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sara Dodd, Head of Curriculum and Accreditation at CodeClan<\/a>, shares some of the creative ways it\u2019s helping to improve gender representation in the digital workforce.<\/p>\n

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Many tech companies across the UK and Scotland struggle to recruit women. So much so, that many have turned to recruiting from non-traditional routes and, in this area at least, we are seeing change.<\/p>\n

Coding Boot Camps<\/h2>\n

Throughout the USA and across Europe, a new breed of coding \u2018boot camps\u2019 have sprung up to fill the gap.<\/p>\n

In Scotland, CodeClan was established in response to a need to fill over 11,000 software development roles by encouraging people from non-tech backgrounds to change careers.<\/p>\n

Our course follows the intensive, immersive nature of boot camp programmes but focuses on delivering a strong set of technical, and soft skills.<\/p>\n

It enables students to take up roles in Scottish companies as software developers after only 16 weeks. And our aim is to train a minimum of 40% women.<\/p>\n

\"Post-it<\/a><\/p>\n

That is not easy, and to date we have only achieved a 28% intake of women. So we looked to the US for inspiration, specifically the Hackbright Academy<\/a> in San Francisco who run a women-only boot camp.<\/p>\n

Attracting more women into software development<\/h2>\n

We have adopted practices that create collaborative, supportive and inclusive learning environments. We also re-shaped our marketing to include more images of women coding, designing and developing software.<\/p>\n

We can now use real life case studies of our women students to show how they have used their existing skills and experience to become valued members of tech teams.<\/p>\n

We continually highlight the range and diversity of roles in tech from software and application developers, through to project managers.<\/p>\n

Most recently we started evening courses that enable working women to gain the same software skills on a part-time basis. And we are doing more.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0CodeClan has\u00a0done so far<\/h2>\n

Our activities include:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0encouraging our employer partners to offer scholarships to women
\n\u2022\u00a0encouraging our women students to participate in mentoring activities (with Girl Geek Scotland<\/a>)
\n\u2022\u00a0hosting a number of \u2018women in tech\u2019 events
\n\u2022\u00a0working with senior women in IT, ScotlandIS, Scottish universities, SDS and the Scottish Government to inform strategy, develop progressive programmes and maintain momentum<\/p>\n

We also want to widen our audience to reach under-represented groups. So we have engaged with initiatives like IntoWork<\/a>, with Edinburgh City Council. It\u2019s supported by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation and provides training for people on the autistic spectrum.<\/p>\n

And we have just started Scotland\u2019s first Codebar<\/a> providing free coding training to people from minority communities.<\/p>\n

Last year we contributed to diversity funds to help women attend tech conferences. We also became a founding member of Out in Edinburgh, an LGBT networking group. This year we will help Code your Future<\/a> – a web development training programme for refugees.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

How we’ve helped<\/h2>\n

The great thing is we\u2019re seeing results for both women and industry. There is a growing network of women who are now engaged in tech, and an encouraging number interested in changing their future.<\/p>\n

The visibility of careers, access to learning and the dynamic offered by a friendly and supportive community all work to encourage both this and next generation to develop successful and fulfilling careers in the tech.<\/p>\n

Join the conversation: #scotdigidiversity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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