Teesside University held a 'Hello World' conference with the aim being to get girls excited about using computers and destroy the myth that computers are for boys.

Although teenage girls are now using computers and the internet at rates similar to their male peers, they are still five times less likely to consider a technology related career.

There has also been a drop in the number of students taking computing- based subjects at degree level and historically women have been under-represented in this field - though there is no clear evidence why.

With these statistics in mind, Teesside University held a 'Hello World' conference on Wednesday 28th March 2018 which was attended by 10 of our female Year 8 & 9 students. The aim of the day was to get girls excited about using computers and destroy the myth that computers are for boys.


The girls took part in a Q & A with a panel of inspirational women involved in web development, games design, animation and ASP.NET development.

They then took part in 2 workshops:

• Games Programming - Using simple scripting in C# to add behaviour to objects.
• Animate Star Wars Character BB8 in 3D - Using high end software used in the film and television industry the girls brought life to BB8 From Star Wars.