Women in tech

In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, we sit down with Cancer Research UK CIO, Tiffany Hall, to talk about women in tech. Tiff talks about the importance of having a diverse organisation, the barriers facing women entering the technology sector and her own experiences of being ‘the only woman in the room’. At CRUK 40% of tech jobs are filled by women, compared to the national average of 17%. So we also discuss how CRUK are improving the gender balance in technology, and her experience of winning CIO of the Year at 2018’s Women in IT Awards. Tiff recommends the following resources: The Tech Talent Charter (TTC). A commitment by organisations to a set of undertakings that aim to deliver greater inclusion and diversity in the tech workforce of the UK, one that better reflects the make-up of the population: https://www.techtalentcharter.co.uk/ Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing (History of Computing) by Marie Hicks https://www.amazon.co.uk/Programmed-Inequality-Discarded-Technologists-Computing/dp/0262035545 Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bloody-Brilliant-Women-Pioneers-Revolutionaries/dp/0008241716 Follow Tiff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tiffanymhall?lang=en If you’d like to hear more from the Technology team at CRUK you can find us on our LinkedIn showcase page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cancer-research-uk-digital-and-support-experience/ Read the Technology blog: https://medium.com/cancer-research-uk-tech-team-blog You can see what roles are going within the technology team: www.cruk.org/techjobs And if you’d like to get in touch with the podcast team directly you can now send us an email to [email protected] as we’d love to hear from you.