Women make up just 17% of the workforce in the IT sector. At this year’s WebMission to Silicon Valley there was only 1 lady present and she wasn’t even an official member of the group.
eSkillsUK want to get that percentage up to the 45% it should be by nurturing female entrepreneurship in schools. TechFluffTV founder Hermione Way is involved in the steering group which encourages others to host events and give talks in schools to ‘Get More Girls into IT‘.
TechFluff is going along to the next school entrepreneurship session and speaking to some budding young FEMALE entrepreneurs! Maybe we’ll meet a mini Hermione….
We spoke to Head of IT at the Department for Business Innovation & Skills Michele Barker, Sophia Swain from Centrica and project co-ordinator Charlotte West. They told us how they help give young women the confidence to set up shop themselves:
