Resources for Technology Professionals

Learning resources

• Returning to STEM: Free 8 week Open University course to help you to get back into STEM
• Reboot Your STEM Career: Interactive toolkit  to help STEM professionals to relaunch their career after a break
• Free Python course: Free online course for beginners.
• Network Engineering Information: Learn more about network engineering including information on available scholarships.

Professional associations and networks

• BCS Women
• Black Women in Tech 
• Coding Black Females – Building, Supporting and Educating the community of Coding Black Females. 
• Digital Women
• Equate Scotland – Working for gender equality in SET and built environment.
• Tech London Advocates
• TechUK
• The WICT Network – Empowering women in media, entertainment and technology.
• The WICT Network UK & Ireland | LinkedIn
• Women’s Engineering Society (WES)

Specialist recruitment agencies

• Power to Fly – tech roles for remote working

Strategic Volunteering

• Stem Ambassadors: volunteering opportunities for STEM returners.

Professional bodies with re-entry programmes

• Daphne Jackson Fellowships – Fellowships with mentoring and training to help STEM researchers to return after a career break

Success stories

• Returning to tech with Investec: Divya’s Story (11.5 year career break)
• Returning to IT with Next: Bhavna’s Story (9 year career break)
• Returning to tech at Dunnhumby: Charlotte’s Story (2.5 year career break)
• Returning to tech at Softcat: Nina’s Story (20 year career break)
• Returning to cloud services at AWS: Kseniya’s Story (4 year career break)
• Returning to technology at Reed Exhibitions: Mrinalini’s Story (2 year career break)
• Returning to tech and ops at Capgemini: Geraldine’s Story (6 year career break)
• Returning to tech at Capgemini: Sara’s Story (13 year career break)

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