According to the Girl Geeks website and e-skills UK, the imbalance between male and female workers in some tech areas is getting worse rather than better;

“…only 18% of IT & Telecoms professionals are female, down from 22% in 2001. Likewise female representation within the IT & Telecoms industry as a whole is also on the decline, down from 27% in 2001 to 25% by the second quarter of this year.”

This makes me sad.

Thinking back to my uni course (BSc Music Technology), there were only 3 gals in the group, and on the electronics and programming modules, even less.  I graduated in 2003 and I didn’t think that we would ever go backwards from there.

However, if you are out there (and I KNOW you are) then perhaps you should consider the Everywoman Technology Awards.

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The everywoman in Technology Awards are free to enter and the 2012 categories include:

• Rising Star – awarded to a woman under 26 who is excelling in her technology career and is the one to watch.
• Team Leader (in an SME with under 500 employees) – awarded to a woman whose team leadership has greatly contributed to the organisation’s success.
• Leader (in a corporate organisation with over 500 employees) – awarded to a women operating in a senior management position making a contribution to the strategic direction of the business.
• Innovator - awarded to a woman designing, developing, researching or implementing technology in an unconventional and innovative way.
• Entrepreneur - awarded to an owner/operator of a technology business whose vision and talent will inspire others.
• Inspiration – awarded to an individual (male or female) for their active commitment to encouraging, advancing or championing the progress of women working in technology.

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 There is more info on the Everywoman  website.

The new High Definition Trafficlink TV studio uses the latest technology combining a full production suite into one very powerful computer – the NewTek TriCaster TCXD850

Trafficlink have developed software that can produce traffic and travel reports beyond conventional CCTV images with an in vision presenter which has been the standard for decades.   Utilising the multiple camera angles with the virtual studio set capabilities, they are able to produce the next generation of traffic reports in high definition.

As well as experimenting with graphics that are regularly seen in the US, they have been developing bespoke products to provide viewers with the most relevant and useful information which goes beyond a single picture of queues.

Trafficlink’s parent company, ITIS (yes, it is still officially ITIS and not INRIX  - yet) provides them with millions of anonymously GPS tracked vehicles and mobile phone data to provide a progressive traffic news service, delivered in the most visually engaging way.

The studio is already connected to ITN and subsequently all routes available through their switching hub.  From today, Trafficlink’s in vision bulletins for ITV’s regional opt outs during Daybreak will be live from the new HD studio.

Talks are already in progress with a number of other key broadcasting organisations about permanent connectivity to their broadcast centres.  They are also trialling IP based connections which will enable us to broadcast current and predicted travel conditions to Europe and the US as well as providing analysis and comments for travel related news stories.

Additional functionality has also been built into the new studio which allows it to be a ‘switching’ facility; images and graphics can be generated from London, but advice and commentary can be added by ISDN from a local travel news expert from one of Trafficlink’s six regional studios.

Exciting times.

The gals over at Young Women in Media have got the next in their excellent series of events next week which focuses on intership.  Well worth bobbing along for the evening; there is bound to be some excellent advice.

Follow them on twitter: @YoungWomenMedia

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Hi ladies,

 

After a bit of a summer break enjoying the sunshine (or not!), it’s back to business as usual for us at Young Women in Media. We’ve teamed up with intern recruitment firm Inspiring Interns to bring you not only a panel discussion about turning your internship into a job – but also a CV workshop in which our experts will be on hand to give you constructive CV advice and career tips.

 

Our panel will consist of:

Hannah Lawrence, Inspiring Interns – marketing executive who started as an intern

Helen Vaughan, Inspiring Interns – HR executive who reviews CVs on a daily basis

Sarah Grun, Abundant – radio producer (and YWIM founder) who interned during and after university while getting into radio

 

On hand at the CV workshop will be Helen Vaughan and Naila Topan from Inspiring Interns; and Heather Davies, YWIM founding member and organiser who reviews CVs regularly as part of her job as a radio producer.

 

Please bring a print out of your CV along if you’d like it looked at by our experts.

 

The event will take place at:

Date: Wednesday 21^st September, 6.15pm for 6.30pm start
Venue: The Horse & Groom, Great Portland Street (map)

 

Please RSVP to this address and feel free to forward this on to anyone else you think might be interested in coming along.

 

Thanks,

 

Hollie, Heather and Sarah

If you haven’t heard the on air re-brand of Rock Radio to Real XS, then it really is something worth doing.

Radio chum Roy Martin has it on his blog here.

Bit of advice from experience; don’t listen whilst drinking tea in front of a laptop.

When I tell people that I have been a bit busy recently, most wouldn’t have expected that I have been launching a radio station.

You can read about it on Radio Today: Trafficlink launch Travel Radio service : Radio Today.

….and visit www.travelradio.org.uk to have a listen.

It’s in it’s infancy at the moment, with plenty more work to be done – VERY exciting times.

My obsession with making a video diary of my trip continues with my latest instalment; Dolphin watching.

I have loved dolphins for an early age; swam with them in the Keys for my 21st birthday, seen them in captivity, but this was the first time watching them in the wild.

My favourite part was when the captain said that we were going to leave them to it as there was a calf in the group and he didn’t want the mother getting stressed.