International women's day competition - win a scholarship worth £685!

• February 19, 2020
• Author: Give A Grad A Go

 

"Tech shouldn't just be a boys club"

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With International Women’s Day approaching on the 8th of March, and with the success of our last scholarship competition, Give A Grad a Go have partnered up again with CodeFirst:Girls. We are offering you the opportunity to win a FREE 8 week tech scholarship worth £685!

CodeFirst:Girls are a leading not for profit organisation committed to increasing the number of women working in tech. They are helping to increase diversity in the technology industry by offering training to working women to develop their professional skills and by creating a community to connect women to other like-minded women and companies who can support their professional development.

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic and political achievements of women across the world, as well as raising awareness to the current inequalities women are facing. This year's theme is #EachforEqual, a campaign designed to drive collective action to creating a gender-equal world.

At Give A Grad A Go, we work hard to address this issue, offering tech opportunities, advice and support for women and we will continue to champion this throughout 2020. In 2019, 46% of the graduates we placed in tech jobs were women, and in 2020 so far it is an exact 50/50 split! If you're a student or graduate looking to get into the tech industry, enter our competition today for your chance to win.

 

How to win the competition

• Register on the Give A Grad A Go website
• Comment on the competition post on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn with your full name and the year you graduate.
• Follow us and tag a friend (gain further entries by tagging multiple friends)
• Enter on both FB, Insta and LinkedIn for a higher chance of winning!

*Please check back to our Student Competitions hub, to find out more ways you can win prizes online.*​

 

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Courses to choose from

 

The winner will be able to pick any start date during 2020, to participate in their 8 weeks' worth of classes at a location in Central London. There are 3 types of tech courses available and the winner is free to choose their own:

1. Front-End Web Development (you get to build a website at the end!)
2. Python Programming (you build your own application at the end!)
3. Introduction to SQL & Database (more specifically career-focused, i.e. for those who are really interested in becoming a Data Scientist - you will have a mock interview at the end

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Useful blogs for graduates interested in a career in technology

 

• Graduate women in tech - inspiring careers in STEM
• Graduate technology jobs: What skills & qualifications do I need?
• A graduate's guide to EdTech - the rise of educational technology
• A graduates guide to PropTech - the next London technology boom
• Tech tools every graduate needs

Interested in kick-starting a graduate career in Technology? Discover our range of exciting graduate Technology and digital jobs in London and across the UK.

  

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International Women's Day competition Terms & Conditions

• To enter the competition, students or graduates must register to the Give A Grad A Go website, comment on the competition post on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn with your full name and the year you graduate, follow us and tag a friend on the post.
• Multiple entries are allowed, the more friends you tag the more entries you gain.
• The competition starts 4pm on Wednesday 19th February 2020, finishing 4pm Wednesday 11th March, 2020 (running for 3 weeks in total).
• The winner will be randomly selected from all valid entries and announced on Thursday 12th March 2020.
• Give A Grad A Go accepts no responsibility for incomplete, late or corrupted entries.
• Entants must be students or graduates and must be female.
• Entrants must reside in the UK.
• Entrants must be undergraduate or masters students currently at University.
• No third party or bulk entries will be considered.
• By entering this competition, students consent to their name being mentioned in a post on Give A Grad A Go's page if they win.
• The winners are required to send a message to Give A Grad A Go using the social media account they entered with, within 2 weeks of the competition closing.
• Give A Grad A Go reserves the right to offer an alternative prize should the requested item not be available.
• Give A Grad A Go reserves the right to cancel this competition or amend these terms and conditions. The promoter's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered.
• This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram.

 

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• February 19, 2020
• Author: Give A Grad A Go