We know its starting to get a bit like groundhog day for those furloughed or housebound during this period. Others are simply working flat out and hearing how others are spending their time cutting the individual grass on their lawn with hair scissors for the perfect looks or hand fashion their own homemade toilet seats or whatever the latest trend is. But at least there’s a lot of stuff on and if we can’t come out to play then its the virtual playground/workshops from home (at least there’s no traffic!)
Workshop Wednesday (and F3F)

Seems like there are loads of ideas and offers for workshops out there. The first will be a “Job applications (CVs, LinkedIn, portfolios)” by Gabriella Morales (Gabs #1) on the 20th of May from 6.15 til 7.15pm Followed at 7.30 to 8.30pm workshop #1 of 2 by Sara Price on what a BA does. We are just putting together the details and setting up the meetup so bear with us on the details.
We then have #2 of 2 by Sara on the following one and Tableau & Data visualization for current Excel users by Gabs#1.
On top of that we are currently organising:
- How to Twitch (its a platform btw)
- Git
- SQL databasing
- Google analytics
- UX
- Agile/lean intro
- Cloud/AWS vs google vs azure
- Flutter?
plus all the ones we mentioned in last weeks newsletter of course!
Women’s Tech Hub are available for support online in place of our Free Three Fridays (F3F) & Workshop Wednesdays for zoom catch-ups. Sign up on our meetup here or mail us on info@wthub.org for details.
A couple of our members who normally lead some workshops at Workshop Wednesdays are in the speaker linup for Women in Data Science | IBM Code Bristol so go check them out:

Dr. Elena Hensinger – Senior Data Scientist will discuss real-life challenges with time-series data and discuss ways to provide value to your client, no matter the quality of data.
Alexandra Craciun – Audio Algorithms Engineer at XMOS will look into voice activity detection and discuss optimisation approaches for designing an efficient low-power algorithm to detect speech.

Digitalmums have just announced that they have been funded to support women on free boot camps for women who are in roles that are at risk through automation – check it out here Free Digital Bootcamps for mothers in at-risk retail roles
Stuff we spotted and thought we would pass on
Are you having a difficult time? Would it help to talk to another woman who can help you think things through? Then take a look at Bristol Women’s Therapy Centre called womankind who have a helpline
The knowledge Transfer Network is running an event on the 12th of May called Encouraging Women in AI
If you are working from home currently then you may be able to claim taxes back on expenses – here’s an insightful blog from moneysavingexpert and the p87 to make the claim is here.

The AI summit is offering us 25% discount and will send on all the presentations as its US-based – mail us on info@wthub.org for the discount code (it starts on the 21st of May).
Free 10 day membership at pluralsite for online training on software courses.
Free Code camp are like the name suggest and completely free online software training
The best place to build, test, and discover front-end code : CodePen is a social development environment for front-end designers and developers. Build and deploy a website, show off your work, build test cases to learn and debug, and find inspiration.
Also take a look at scotch.io, which is a resource site full of “fun and practical web development tutorials”
Oracle is giving 50 hrs free access to online courses.
Other upskilling resources can all be found on our training page.
This Week’s happenings
District 0 – ONLINE UK and Europe(Benelux)
Monday the 11th
Tuesday the 12th
- Encouraging Women in AI by KTN
- An introduction to epidemic modelling for functional programmers by Functional Programming North East
- [Online] Testing API – The Object-Oriented way with Konstantinos by Ministry of Testing Edinburgh
- The Product Owner’s Toolbox – Steve Trapps – Remote via Zoom by Agile North East
Wednesday the 13th
- Python/Go Coding Session @ Splunk
- The UKs 1st Bioelectronics for Healthcare Workshop
- Superwomen Shaping AI (Artificial Intelligence)
- Online – Build and deploy PyTorch models with Azure Machine Learning
- Turning Kubernetes On It’s Head! (Twice) by DevOps Glasgow
- Overcoming the challenges of data science deployment by Scotland Data Science & Technology Meetup
Thursday the 14th
- #WPLDN Daytime – May 2020 by WordPress London
- (Zoom Video Event) A WordPress website case study – WordPress North East by WordPress North East
- Lean Coffee with special guest facilitator Jean Ferguson by Digital For Good
District 1 Bristol
Interestingly we have noticed that some of the meetups are starting earlier – we are assuming they are recording and sending out links for the talks after for those still working.
Monday the 11th
- [ONLINE] Zoom virtual co-working session by Bristol Co-Workers
- [ONLINE] Arts, culture & heritage – digital to improve visitor experience by Tech4Good South West
- Community Speedrun Challenge #2: Intro to ML: Language Processing by GDG Bristol
- BRVGCG Mon Eve Social Gaming Night – ONLINE! by Bristol Retro Video Gaming and Collectors Group
Tuesday the 12th
- Women in Data Science | IBM Code Bristol
- Hack Night by CodeHub Bristol
- The Rise of the UX Developer by SWUX – South West User Experience
Wednesday the 13th
- A mobile workforce requires mobile solutions (now more than ever) by ExpertTalks Bristol
- WEBINAR – Insights from the A14 – Digital Transformation Initiative of the Year by Bristol Project Data Analytics Meetup
- May’s Virtual Meetup – Developing for Console by Bristol Unity Game Developers Meetup
- Lockdown Security (Online) by PHPSW
- Pitch Me by TechSPARK(bristol)
- SWIDN Research Impact & Collaboration WG: Dealing with Uncertainty in Research by South West International Development Network
Thursday the 14th
- [ONLINE] Zoom virtual co-working session by Bristol Co-Workers
- Virtual Coffee Morning #8 – Mashup with Forum for Built Environment by TechSPARK(bristol)
- LIT webinar – Impact of COVID-19 on the public sector by SW/LIT (South West Leaders in Tech)
- Science Foray by Zoom – The Turing Test and CAPTCHA by Bristol Science Cafe
Friday the 15th
- F3F by Women’s Tech Hub ~ Bristol
- How to do Video Conferencing on Meetup (not an event FYI) by The Bath & Bristol Everything Meetup Group
We know that for many people and children the office and school can be their refuge so please be aware that in Bristol Next Link domestic abuse telephone helplines are open 10am – 4pm Monday to Friday 0117 925 0680. Help is also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on the National Domestic Violence Helpline – Freephone 0808 2000 247.
Domestic Violence Support
Did we miss anything?
If you have any events that you want us to mention on our next

As a suggestion from one of our lovely members (Thanks Gabs #1!), we have also set up a “buymeacoffee” page for those wanting to give us a small thank-you. Check it out here.
Women’s Tech Hub products
Our Candidates page advertises the skillsets of the women we have looking for roles in the area (and some of our male allies).
We have a Jobs Board for those wanting to advertise specifically to our members in the area – check it out here.
If you want to engage with our members, advertise your companies and share any jobs then you can support us by sponsoring the Workshop Wednesdays – details here.