Guest blog by Heather Bates, 17, Manchester UK About two months ago, I sat down in front of my computer, opened a word processor, typed out the heading “UCAS Personal…
Date Archives January 2020
Inspiring our Future Tech Innovators at Wired Next Generation
Wired Next Generation festival inspires the next generation of scientists, strategists and entrepreneurs providing them with a unique educational and interactive festival dedicated to, and designed for, youths aged 12-18….
How 35 Kids Learnt About Wearable Tech in Manchester
After successfully winning funding from the Trafford Housing Trust, we delivered wearable tech workshops at Sale Library in Manchester to 35 kids (and some adults!) over the February school holidays. Our…
How Cisco and Women of Wearables collaborated to inspire 62 future girls in tech
During the February 2017 school holidays, 44 girls in London and 18 girls aged 16-18 in Manchester were chosen from a number of applicants vying for a spot on the…
Wearable Tech Workshop | Manchester
After turning our gloves into smart gloves and designing our light up pencil cases, we invited our special women in Manchester to try their hand in creating their own wearable…
Wearable Tech Workshops with FDisrupters Liverpool
After securing funding from Awesome Liverpool we were able to deliver our wearable tech halloween workshops to FDisrupter girls aged 14-18 in Liverpool. The location was at Launch22, a fantastic…
WOW Talks | Women in Tech event London
Wearable Tech assistant Rachael Yeung exhibited at the WOW Talks TV’s first women in tech event on 20th September 2016 in London. Here is Rachael’s account of it all. Setting…
How we won funding to deliver Wearable Tech Workshops
CEO, Debbie Edwards of FDisrupters, a start-up in Liverpool approached Women of Wearables to deliver our wearable tech workshop. The goal was to inspire 10 young girls aged 14-18 in…
How I Became a British Citizen
My journey in becoming a British citizen started 7 years ago when I moved to Manchester from Australia to live for one year. Little did I know that that was the beginning…
Exceptionally Talented Chinese Angel of the North, WeiTing Huang
I’ve been very impressed with the high calibre of international students and graduates especially in the North of England who succeeded in their application for exceptional talent and exceptional promise. …