smash the stereotype

We
inspire
today’s
girls
in
education
to
become
tomorrow’s
women
in
tech

#SMASHTHESTEREOTYPE

How
we
Smash
The
Stereotype

Role
Models

We share stories of women in tech to inspire girls to follow in their footsteps.

Open Form

Events

We inform girls about tech careers through online and in-person talks and workshops.

Placements

We engage girls in work experience to give them hands-on experience of a career in tech.

Only
26%
of
the
UK
tech
industry
are
women

Here's
how
we're
changing
that!

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girls
have
experienced
a
career
in
tech
through
our
work
experience
placements
and
events
so
far

0

secondary
schools
around
the
UK
have
signed
up
to
work
with
us

0%

of
work
experience
participants
have
been
motivated
to
pursue
a
career
in
tech

Naamua, 2017 & 2018

Geneva, 2018

Girl sat in a chair at a desk

Remsha, 2016

Success Stories

“I
already
had
a
strong
interest
in
coding
and
the
placements
helped
to
reassure
me
that
this
was
the
direction
I
wanted
to
go
in.
I
just
completed
a
Computer
Science
degree
and
I've
started
a
software
engineering
graduate
programme
with
Tesco.”
“My
experiences
through
Next
Tech
Girls
helped
me
see
myself
having
a
career
in
technology
and
allowed
me
to
be
more
confident
in
my
choices
coming
out
of
sixth
form.
I'm
now
working
for
Jaguar
Land
Rover
as
a
software
engineering
degree
apprentice.”
“Since
my
placement
with
Next
Tech
Girls
I've
graduated
with
First
Class
Honours
in
Computer
Science.
For
postgraduate,
I
will
be
going
for
PGCE
teacher
training
for
Computing
in
hopes
of
being
able
to
introduce
more
young
girls
to
the
world
of
tech.”

Recent work

Makers
sponsored
our
first
online
event
with
220
Year
9
girls
in
October
2022.
We
ran
coding
and
UX
design
workshops
and
a
Q&A
with
women
software
engineers.
After
the
event
there
was
a
50%
increase
in
students
likely
to
study
Computer
Science
GCSE
and
a
20%
increase
in
those
likely
to
pursue
a
career
in
tech.

Visit Makers Website

Digitas
hosted
five
Year
10
girls
for
work
experience
in
January
2023.
They
learned
to
make
Snapchat
filters,
got
involved
in
client
workshops,
worked
on
an
idea
for
a
new
video
game
and
pitched
it
to
senior
leaders.
Two
of
them
were
interested
in
tech
careers
before;
now
all
five
are!

Google
hosted
30
Year
11
students
for
a
day
in
December
2022.
After
a
tour
of
the
offices
and
speaking
to
women
in
different
roles
about
life
at
Google,
74%
wanted
to
study
Computer
Science
A
Level
and
96%
planned
to
pursue
a
career
in
tech
(ideally
with
Google)!

Government
Digital
Service
hosted
four
Year
10
girls
for
work
experience
in
February
2023.
Two
shadowed
software
developers,
one
worked
with
the
recruitment
team
and
one
with
the
finance
team.
All
four
were
motivated
to
pursue
a
career
in
tech
and
they
all
want
to
do
another
Next
Tech
Girls
placement!

NBCUniversal
hosted
four
17-18
year
old
girls
for
work
experience
in
July
2022.
They
learned
how
tech's
used
in
film
and
TV
production
and
heard
about
tech
roles
they
didn’t
know
existed
before.
Two
of
them
are
now
on
tech-related
university
courses,
with
the
other
two
planning
to
join
them
next
year.

We've worked with...

Our
Story

Next
Tech
Girls
is
an
award-winning
social
enterprise
set
up
by
tech
recruitment
agency
Empiric
in
2016
to
tackle
the
skills
and
gender
gaps
in
the
tech
industry.

We
partner
with
companies
and
educational
institutions
to
run
inspiring
tech-focused
events
and
work
experience
placements
for
teenage
girls,
with
a
focus
on
those
from
lower
income
or
ethnic
minority
backgrounds.

By
showcasing
diverse
women
in
tech
as
relatable
role
models
and
giving
girls
hands-on
experience
and
insights
into
a
career
in
tech
at
a
critical
age,
when
studies
show
their
interest
tends
to
drop
off,
we
are
shaping
their
futures
and
the
future
of
the
tech
industry.

Digitas, January 2023

Splash Damage, February 2023

GDS, February 2023

Atos, February 2023

Google, December 2022

Splash Damage, February 2023

GDS, February 2023

Makers online event, October 2022

Digitas, January 2023

Makers online event, October 2022

NBCUniversal, July 2022

NBCUniversal, July 2022

NBCUniversal, July 2022

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