Author: Stewart Cromar
Interactive Content Manager for the Information Services Group.
We’re less than three months away from Ada Lovelace Day 2019, which is happening on Tuesday 8th October this year. Pop it in your calendar now and we’ll announce further details about the University’s plans on this website shortly. Once again we have provisional plans for both daytime and evening activities, so we should have […]
In case you missed Ada Lovelace Day this year, or if you’d simply like to reminisce, there is now a Flickr album published. There are over 50 photos from throughout the day of our guest speakers, STEM activities and Wikipedia Editathon. All photos, videos and promotional materials are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. […]
Today is Ada Lovelace Day 2018, please share your photos with us via the following hashtags: #AdaLovelaceDay (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) #ALD18 (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) Featured posts Very impressed by our student presenters today, so passionate and eloquent. Thank you for your invaluable contributions to a fantastic #adalovelaceday ???????????? #ALD18 #WomenInSTEM #edinburghuni #edinburghuniversity #wikipedia #UoELTW #inspiringst… […]
On Tuesday 9th October 2018, the University’s Information Services team are running an edit-a-thon to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2018 which is an international celebration day of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). This year the event will have a particular focus on Contemporary Women in STEM and #ALD2018 is […]
A regular activity for Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) at the University of Edinburgh is the Wikipedia editing event or editathon. This year the focus is contemporary women in STEM who do not currently have Wikipedia pages. Who is your STEM heroine? Nominate your contemporary STEM heroine for consideration at the Wikipedia editathon Tuesday 9th October. Please […]
Submit presentation or workshop ideas for the University’s annual Ada Lovelace Day celebrations. Ada Lovelace Day is an annual event whose goal is to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths, and to create new role models for girls and women in these fields. This year will be the tenth Ada […]
It’s a little over three months until Ada Lovelace Day 2018, which is happening on Tuesday 9th October this year. Pop it in your calendar now and we’ll announce further details about the University’s plans on this website shortly. Find out more on the official Ada Lovelace Day website – http://findingada.com
In celebration of International Women’s Day (#IWD2018) watch footage from Ada Lovelace Day 2017 at the University of Edinburgh. Open licenced video Via Media Hopper Create you can watch and download a Creative Commons licenced (CC BY-SA) full HD version for sharing/repurposing/remixing!
Flickr [CC BY-SA] There are 20+ high-resolution photos capturing the guest speakers from the morning and the afternoon STEAM activities. All images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ALD17 Flickr album Instagram The Interactive Content team has posted a number of exclusive images on their Instagram account. Tap on any […]
Today is Ada Lovelace Day 2017! To celebrate Women in STEM we are releasing a Mary Somerville adult colouring-in illustration created by Interactive Content team member Jackie Aim ✒️) Mary Somerville was a mathematics tutor to Ada Lovelace and this artwork is titled ‘Mechanism of the Heavens’ after her 1830 publication on celestial mechanics. Download […]
