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Membership organisation to support diversity in AI set for London launch

Diverse AI, a membership organisation dedicated to supporting and growing diversity in the field of Artificial Intelligence, is organising its launch event in London on 21 June at Curve Club, Westland Place, in the heart of London.

The event promises an interactive evening where attendees will hear from the organisation’s founder, Toju Duke, on Diverse AI’s vision for an inclusive AI...

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Bath-based Coding Bootcamp Support Diversity in Tech with £1,100 Off Course Fees

Award-winning coding bootcamp and tech training provider iO Academy has announced the re-launch of their successful Diversitech funding programme. The scheme offers contributions towards course fees of up to £1,100 to individuals from groups underrepresented in the tech sector including female, non-binary female, non-binary, transgender, ethnic minority and disabled applicants as well as...

Gritty Talent, Inclued AI, Meixter, Milbotix and Voltric are the bursary awardees for 2022

Five South West tech founders awarded Breakthrough Bursary by SETsquared Bristol

Five innovative tech companies with founders from diverse ethnic backgrounds have been awarded SETsquared Bristol’s Breakthrough Bursary to join the acclaimed University of Bristol tech incubator.

Now in its third year, the Breakthrough Bursary provides heavily subsidised membership to SETsquared Bristol’s incubation programme including bespoke business support, mentoring, coaching...

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Diversity and purpose key to success of South West tech scene, survey says

A survey of more than 300 leaders of tech businesses across the South West has revealed the region can claim to be more diverse than many others in the UK on a number of key metrics.

The research, commissioned by Bristol-based Antidote Communications, in conjunction with TechSpark, found that 36% of surveyed tech business leaders identify as female, surpassing the national averages...

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TechExeter's annual Tech+Digital Conference returns this month

TechExeter will be hosting their annual grass-roots Tech+Digital Conference on September 8th, with this year’s conference being themed around ‘Access’.

The virtual event will host 19 expert speakers who will be presenting across a 3 track conference stream over the course of the day, discussing a range of topics which will include accessibility, diversity and communications....

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Boost profits with a diverse workforce, says recruitment guru

Systemic biases in businesses are holding back diversity and economic performance according to a South West diversity recruitment expert.

Nemo D'Qrill, who is non-binary, founded the firm Sigma Polaris, which specialises in increasing diverse teams within companies, using AI.

They say if tech firms' recruitment structures had better processes, the firms would be able to...

Opinion: Bring academics and business leaders together for a fairer, happier workplace

I have travelled many paths, academically as a mathematician, philosopher, and behavioural scientist, artistically as a professional flautist for the Danish queen and an international circus acrobat. Entrepreneurially I have had the great joy of building an AI business ( Sigma Polaris ) with great people who have set out to make a difference in this world.

Our mission is about...