
Award winners named...
Published: 28 October 2005 17:05 BST
An academic from Leicester has won the top honour in the first ever BlackBerry Women and Technology Awards.
The awards, hosted by BlackBerry-maker RIM and women's networking group Aurora, aim to recognise professional achievement by UK women in the technology industry.
Jackie Edwards, lecturer at De Montfort University, walked away with the overall prize at an awards ceremony in London last night. She was singled out for her work in expanding the Women's Access to Information Technology (Wait) course which trains women without qualifications how to use computers and then supports them in their efforts to pursue careers in IT and other areas.
Edwards also won the category award for the best woman in technology for academia, in which she was up against nominees from the University of Cambridge and Microsoft Research.
silicon.com reporter Jo Best took the award for best female technology writer.
The other category winners were: Gillian Kent, MD at MSN UK (private sector); Annette Vernon, CIO, Department for Constitutional Affais (public sector); Vicky Reeves, MD at Chameleon Net (small business); and Sue McDougall, commercial and business controls, IBM (mentor).
Accenture was named the best company for advancing women in tech.
At the awards ceremony Meg Munn MP, under secretary of state for women and equality at the Department of Trade and Industry, said promoting role models can help more young women consider careers in IT, as the number of women in the industry is falling.
In 1997, 27 per cent of the IT workforce was female but that figure dropped to 21 per cent in 2005, according to the Office of National Statistics.
A recent study from the DTI showed poor work-life balance and an old-boys' male-dominated working environment and industry culture are the core reasons why the IT sector is unattractive to women.
For further information or to apply online, visit our careers website at rmcareers.co.uk, click on 'search careers' and enter vacancy reference 2103. ...
We have won many prestigious awards in recognition of the excellent recruitment services that we offer. These include: the Computing Awards for ...
They sweep up multiple awards in both employee satisfaction and independent surveys. Multi award winning energy focussed management consultancy seeks ...
CIO50 2008
The silicon.com CIO50 2008 profiles the most influential and innovative tech chiefs in the UK across all industries and organisation size, from the biggest FTSE100 companies to high growth dot-com start ups and the public sector. The list was voted on by the UK CIO community and a panel of experts. Find out more in our latest special report.
July 10th: Just MASH Marketing: The Customer Reference Mashup
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft Does IT: Management and Operations in Windows Server...
Mashing it up with Support: Automate, Coordinate and Collaborate with the Incident...
Ensure Virtualization is Meeting Your Needs--Read this New White Paper
Stories from the web...
Copyright ©1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Top of page
silicon.com Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes Reader Comments of the Week
Mike Barrett From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman? Hard lessons from the coalface…