techUK's Women in Tech campaign has been featured in The Guardian
techUK's President, Sheila Flavell CBE, is as passionate as techUK for diversity and inclusion. In this article Sheila highlights the need for organisation transparency and role models to bridge the gender gap.
Blogs
We invited members to contribute to this month-long campaign with blogs as an aim to spark a discussion on actions that both government and industry need to take towards the normative and societal good of equal representation in the sector, including: supporting women returners, career switchers and progression in the industry, exploring the impact of flexible working, gender pay gaps, and the impact of automation on women.
SME Member of the Week
Based on a monthly theme, every week we select and highlight one of our SME members in order to demonstrate their accomplishments. For March's SME Member of the Week, we are showcasing how SME members are supporting gender diversity in their businesses.
Interview Series
In these interview series we give voice to our tech community of gender diversity allies to call out the bias, expose the barriers for women in tech and spotlight the importance of a diverse tech future through their own experience.
Click the images below to read the interviews in full!
The techUK Podcast
Female tech leaders in justice and policing
A really inspiring discussion with three women, from different backgrounds – some which chose this career path and others which fell into it. Their roles, enabling them to really make a difference, urging the next generation to have open conversations, to be inquisitive about differences and understand the value of a diverse workforce. The more diversity you have in any group, the more choices you have, the more opinions – so the better it will be. We need more women, both in tech and law enforcement. We also need more male allies!
Video Series
'"What are the barriers to enter tech?" and "How are you supporting gender diversity in your business?" are some of the questions that we asked our stakeholders and members to reflect on.
Click the images below to watch each video.
Talking 5
For more information please contact:
Nimmi Patel
Tania Teixeira
Archie Breare
Nimmi Patel
Nimmi Patel is the Head of Skills, Talent and Diversity at techUK. She works on all things skills, education, and future of work policy, focusing on upskilling and retraining. Nimmi is also an Advisory Board member of Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (digit). The Centre research aims to increase understanding of how digital technologies are changing work and the implications for employers, workers, job seekers and governments.
Prior to joining the techUK team, she worked for the UK Labour Party and New Zealand Labour Party, and holds an MA in Strategic Communications at King’s College London and BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Manchester. She is currently taking part in the 2024-25 University of Bath Institute for Policy Research Policy Fellowship Programme.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 07805744520
- Twitter:
- @nimmiptl
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimmi-patel1/
Tania Teixeira
Tania joined the Marketing and Communications team at techUK as a Social Media and Content Manager in July 2022.
Prior to techUK, Tania worked at early-stage tech start-ups (both art-tech and fintech). With a creative educational background (BA in Fine Arts and MA in Writing), Tania developed the core skills to grow expertise in content creation across various formats. Tania is passionate about organic growth and community building and she will help build and expand techUK’s incredible community of thought leaders.
Outside work hours, Tania loves to be around nature and animals, discovering new food and enjoying music events.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniateixeiraart/
Archie Breare
Archie Breare joined techUK in September 2022 as the Telecoms Programme intern, and moved into the Policy and Public Affairs team as the Team Assistant in February 2023 and as Public Affairs Manager in September 2023
Before starting at techUK, Archie was a student at the University of Cambridge, completing an undergraduate degree in History and a master's degree in Modern British History.
In his spare time, he likes to read, discuss current affairs, and to try and persuade himself to cycle more.