Digital pioneer urges Preston schoolgirls to follow her into tech jobs
As part of the “Girls in Tech” project the students are also designing, developing and marketing their own apps before presenting their ideas to a panel of experts Dragon’s Den style.
“This project is about showing them the opportunities available in areas such as sales, marketing, design, web development and analysis. Digital and tech jobs don’t need you to be a computer programmer or a ‘hacker’ - digital is for everyone. As part of the project the girls have had talks from and are being mentored by women in tech companies.
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