Computer Club for Girls aims to improve the perception of IT amongst female students

Currently, only one in five of the UK's IT workforce is female and only 20% of those undertaking IT-related degree courses are women.  Research indicates that a key barrier to girls considering careers in technology is their perception of IT. Negative images are reinforced by their environment and, after the age of about 13 or 14, such attitudes become more entrenched and difficult to alter.

Computer Club for Girls (CC4G) is a website set up by e-skills UK and funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).  It is available FREE to DCSF-funded schools across England and is already benefiting more than 100,000 girls in over 3,100 schools.

Popular interests, such as music, fashion, dance, and celebrity have been combined with elements of the Key Stage 2 and 3 ICT curricula to deliver an engaging and fun approach for girls aged 10 to 14. CC4G is a fully self-contained, out-of-school-hours Club which offers 61 hours of e-learning and 170 hours of offline projects and Challenges, designed to appeal specifically to girls' interests.

By running and supporting the programme, schools and employers can help transform the attitudes of a generation of girls to careers in IT.

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Visit the CC4G website