Ada Lovelace day is the 14th of October this year and this will be our 10th year of celebrating that day! We are planning events and activities with a climate and earth sciences theme, running in the afternoon and early evening of that date. The day time events will be in the Main Library and […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. For Ada Lovelace Day 2025, Jackie, Magda and Stewart created the ‘Interactive Women in STEM tour’ game for everyone to play.
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. For Ada Lovelace Day 2025 I created a colouring-in illustration of Moira Dunbar (1918-1999), the pioneering Scottish-Canadian glaciologist and Arctic sea-ice researcher.
Call for volunteers If you would like to be involved in helping to organise our 10th Ada Lovelace Day in October 2025, please contact Karen Howie in LTW. Ada Lovelace Day is one of our annual celebrations of women in STEM and the history of women in science, art, poetry and technology. Being part of […]
If you’re looking forward to next week’s Ada Lovelace Day 2024 events, here’s an appetiser for you. The Edinburgh Women in STEM Trail created for the University’s Ada Lovelace Day 2023 event has a new home on Curious Edinburgh, which offers mobile walking tours on Edinburgh’s scientific and community heritage. Visit the Curious Edinburgh webpage […]
The BBC Countryfile programme recently visited Culbone Woods on the north coast of Exmoor. Culbone Wood is part of the estate of Ashley Combe House, which Ada moved to after she married William King, who later becomes Lord Lovelace. BoB video clip (7m 7s) Clip from Countryfile: West Exmoor (opens in new tab) Box of […]
On Tuesday 8th October 2024, the University’s Information Services team are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2024 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). All based in the Main Library, details will be confirmed when you book. As usual, we will have an afternoon of […]
On Tuesday 10th October 2023, the University’s Information Services team are celebrating Ada Lovelace Day 2023 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). We have an afternoon of talks, activities and training planned for Ada Lovelace Day. This will take place on the first floor of the […]
LTW Graphic Designer Nicky Greenhorn has kindly created new STEM badge designs for Ada Lovelace Day 2022. These are designed for 25mm small badges and stickers. We’ve applied a Creative Commons attribution licence to make them an OER (Open Educational Resource). A4 300 dpi badge designs (via Flickr) Copyright © Nicky Greenhorn, The University of […]
Celebrating Film and Television Depictions of Women in STEM In honour of Ada Lovelace Day, an international holiday celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), we’re highlighting our favourite depictions of women in STEM in film and TV to spur you to develop your digital skills. Read on for our […]
