Author Archives: Anne

The new co-authored article led by Dr Tracey Denton-Calabrese entitled ‘Empowerment beyond skills: Computing and the enhancement of self-concept in the go_girl code+create program’ is out now! Use the link here for free full-text access.

After the fun online summer sessions, during which the young women developed a ‘Don’t touch your face’ app, the participatory sessions of the go_girl project have now come to an end, and we have started the evaluatory phase of the … Continue reading →

In the current lockdown, team members Ken, Ashmita and Tracey are working on an exciting idea to keep the young women who have completed go_girl engaged and coding! Watch this space for more updates soon. (pic. credit: commons.wikimedia.org)

Huge congrats to team member Ashmita for winning a coveted spot on the University of Oxford Social Sciences SUCCESS programme! The training will support Ashmita and Tracey as they work to scale up go_girl. Watch this space!

Huge congrats to our team members Tracey and Ashmita for winning a place on the Oxford Foundry’s L.E.V8 Women’s 2019 programme for Go_Girl this summer, which is aimed at developing female-led early-stage startups! The knowledge gained from the immersive workshops … Continue reading →

In front of a full house, the young women today presented their coding journey and shared their final go_girl projects, elaborating on challenges they encountered along the way, as well as their plans for the future. We could not be … Continue reading →

After this month’s last session before the mid-term break, the Go_Girl project will be on holiday next week and the week after. We can’t wait to resume the sessions on 5 December!

Having successfully completed Go_Girl a few weeks ago, the young women are now embarking on their own journeys, following their individual ‘road maps’ which they have crafted together with the team over the course of the programme. Today, Go_Girl project … Continue reading →

We had fun showcasing some of our work at today’s IT Challenges 2018!

It’s summertime at go_girl! To celebrate the holidays and make the most of the amazing sunshine, we spent a fantastic day away at the beach in Bournemouth today. The weather was perfect, as was the delicious Fish & Chips at … Continue reading →

Today was a very busy day for the go_girls: in the morning, the young women attended the Open Day at Rose Hill Youth Services together with Mel, where they introduced go_girl to other young people, youth- and social workers, and … Continue reading →

Please welcome our new go_girl mascot, designed by go_girl participant and freelance designer DjayDjay. DjayDjay designed the mascot based on the input from all the go_girl participants, with special reference to Mel (see shield, representing Mel’s Jewel(l)s!) DjayDjay writes about … Continue reading →

Go_girl pioneers Rosie and Chloe, together with Paula and Anne showcased the go_girl project in today’s #OxEngage lunchtime workshop at the IT Services. Rosie and Chloe reflected on their personal experiences of taking part in the go_girl project last year, … Continue reading →

A description by Isabel of our visit to the Facebook HQ will follow soon. In the mean time, here are some visual impressions!

The recruitment of new participants for the next go_girl project cohort has started! Two of our go_girl pioneers, Chloe and Rosie, yesterday joined youth worker Mel on her visit to youth clubs in Oxfordshire to introduce the go_girl project and … Continue reading →

The go_girl: code+create project continues this year with a new group of young women! Over the next weeks, we are planning to start with the recruitment of the new participants. Some of the young women who completed the programme last … Continue reading →

Today, we celebrated our final project event! We all came together at Kellogg College to share the stories of our journeys over the past go_girl year with friends and families and to present the projects to those interested. Everyone seemed … Continue reading →

Today’s symposium on ‘Women and Technology: How can we challenge inequalities in higher and further education?’ started with an introduction by Niall Winters, in which he welcomed the around 36 delegates and set the frame for the day. Referring to … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, 9 March 2016, from 10:30 – 11:00 at the Department of Education, Norham Gardens 15, we will be selling cakes to raise money for Paige’s fundraising appeal Please do come along and enjoy a cup of coffee or … Continue reading →

Our wonderful and much loved Go Girl project team member and researcher, Paige, who is a DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford, has been taken seriously ill while conducting fieldwork in the US. Two of … Continue reading →

Today, the Go Girl project was showcased at the Oxfordshire County Council’s CEIAG Conferece (which stands for Careers, Education, Information, Advice, Guidance, if I am not mistaken!) at King’s Centre in Botley! It was a very interesting event and the … Continue reading →

We have just received the news that Isabelle and Frances’ competition entry ‘Identity’ has been crowned one of the winners of the Digital Wildfire competition of the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. And Chloe and Rosie’s entry ‘My … Continue reading →

On 11 November, the Go Girls made a trip to the job fair in East Oxford (see separate post). The young women had researched and prepared a set of questions to ask potential employers. They interviewed and filmed with their … Continue reading →

The Go Girls were represented with this poster at today’s poster exhibtion at the Department of Education, University of Oxford!

Niall Winters introducing the go_girl project in a workshop at the Said Business School to IT Staff at the University of Oxford.

go_girl: code+create is a project at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, jointly run by Niall Winters and Anne Geniets. In line with Oxford’s targets in its Access Agreement with the Office for Fair Access, this interdisciplinary project complements … Continue reading →