You probably should talk to Equalitec http://www.equalitec.org.uk/
who are specifically there to "Advance Women in ITEC".
I don't know if they run a shadowing scheme but they probably would be
able to advise
Paul Curzon
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Nicola Hannam wrote:
> A colleague is thinking of setting up a work shadowing scheme for school
> age girls to spend a day with a female IT professional but wants to talk
> to others who have run similar schemes first.
>
> Since they want to focus on girls I will refer them to the UKRC and WISE
> and I can think of lots of schemes that give mentoring, summer schools,
> industrial project placements etc. but not short shadowing schemes. Does
> anyone else have any ideas of who they might talk to for advice on setting
> up this type of scheme - or indeed whether it is the right approach to
> take?
>
> thanks
> Nicola
>
>
> Nicola Hannam
> Education Officer
> Project Manager, Careers from Science
>
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