Monthly Archives: August 2015

Schools competition: Ada meets the 21st century

To mark the bicentenary of Ada Lovelace, Oxford’s Ada celebrations are delighted to be working with The National Museum of Computing on a competition to inspire female students in computing.

Competition site: http://www.tnmoc.org/ada

Closing date 13 October: use any medium to tell Ada Lovelace about 21st-century technology – with prizes in 3 age ranges, under 13, 13-15 and 16-18, presented at our Symposium in Oxford on 9th December. Click through for more information, or visit the competition site at http://www.tnmoc.org/ada. Continue reading Schools competition: Ada meets the 21st century

Student Workshop Announces Keynote Speaker

We are pleased to announce that Professor Sharon Ruston will be the keynote speaker at the postgraduate and early career workshop ‘Texts and contexts: the cultural legacies of Ada Lovelace’.

Student workshop details: https://adalovelaceworkshop.wordpress.com/

Professor Ruston will also take part in an expert panel which includes graphic novelist Sydney Padua and biographer Richard Holmes. Continue reading Student Workshop Announces Keynote Speaker