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 →