Girls in Computing Day inspires students!

The West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce’s Young Chamber Programme recently helped to support Christleton High School’s, Girls in Computing Day.

This brilliant event is designed to highlight the many different roles in computing and to encourage girls to consider a career option in an area that has historically been viewed as a “male-dominated sector.”

Sharon Kelly-Ibrahim, part of the Business Systems Analyst Support Team at Atlas Copco, gave the Year 9 students a fascinating presentation about her role and how she got to where she is in her professional career, as well as an insight into some of the qualifications and applications that she has supported. Sharon then helped the girls during workshops that included: Cipher, Programming, and Networks Challenges. Commenting following the event, Sharon said: “It was great to have such a large turnout of girls for this female-targeted event, the girls were very engaging and I thoroughly enjoyed my time. I hope I was able to inspire and encourage even one girl to take up Computing Science in the future and that they get as much out of this career as I have.”

I hope I was able to inspire and encourage even one girl to take up Computing Science in the future and that they get as much out of this career as I have.”