Click Start 2023 Graduates: Rebecca Collins’s Coding Adventure
Rebecca Collins writes about her experience of Click Start by TechUPWomen programme
TechUP In Focus
TechUP In Focus
Learn more about the impact of our programmes and the achievements of our Alumnae.
TechUP in numbers
Over the last five years, TechUP has proudly delivered four industry-relevant programmes as part of the TechUPWomen and TechUPTraining brands.
So far, over 320 participants have enrolled:
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94%women or non-binary
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52%from ethnic minorities
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30%with declared disabilities
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20%identified as LGBTQ+
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38%with caring responsibilities
Within the tracking period for each programme:
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68%participants completed their courses
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44%had a new job or promotion
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57%enrolled in further education
Recognition
Awards
TechUP and and its alumnae have been recognised for their achievements through numerous award wins, nominations, and speaking opportunities
- Shortlisted in the Community Organisation category at the National Diversity Awards (2024)
- Nominated in the Not for Profit category at the SheCanCode PowerUp Awards (2024)
- Shortlisted for the Durham University Teaching and Learning Award in the Outstanding Contribution to EDI category (2024)
- Shortlisted in the Tech For Good category for the Women in IT Awards – UK Edition (2024)
- Winner in the Student Experience – University Sector category for the Educate North Awards (2024)
- Shortlisted in the Innovation category for the Northern Power Women Awards (2020)
- Nominated for a TechWomen100 Award (2020)
- Commended in the Skills Developer category for the Dynamo Awards (2020)
- Winner in the Diversity and Inclusion category at the Dynamo Awards (2020)
- Nominated in the Skills category for the Equals in Tech Awards (2020)
- Nominated in the Community Organisation category at the National Diversity Awards (2020)
- Nominated in the Education category for the Tech4Good Awards (2020)
- Winner in the Employment and Skills category at the Digital Agenda Impact Awards (2020)
- Highly commended in the Technical and Commercial category at the Durham University Impact and Engagement Awards (2019)
- Prof. Sue Black: Won the TechWomen100 Lifetime Achievement Award (2023)
- Uffa Modey: Won in the Rising Star category at the Dynamites Awards (2023)
- Johanna Waite: Nominated for a Northern Power Women Awards (2022)
- Johanna Waite: Won a TechWomen100 Award (2022)
- Chiletam Ogbu: Won a TechWomen100 Award (2023)
- Laura Leigh: Nominated for a WeAreTheCity 2023 Rising Star Award (2023)
- Jennifer Calland: Won the ReframeWIT Tech Ambassador Award (2022)
- Nina Ma: Selected as a Google’s Women Techmakers Ambassador (2022)
- Jennifer Calland: Nominated for a TechWomen100 Award (2021)
- Rituja Rao: Awarded a Women on Boards Bursary (2020)
- Fareeha Usman: Won We are the City Rising Star Award (2020)
- Judith Nathanial: Awarded a DrupalCon Scholarship (2020)
- Maaly Alkarake: Awarded a DrupalCon Scholarship (2020)
- Muma Sinkala: Awarded a DrupalCon Scholarship (2020)
- Rituja Rao: Won Future Stars of Tech IT Manager Award (2020)
- Nina Ma: Shortlisted for Digital Hero of the Year at the Digital Technology Leaders Awards (2020)
- Jennifer Calland: Nominated for a TechWomen100 Award (2020)
- Fareeha Usman: Won at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (2020)
Participant Stories
Fareeha Usman: My TechUPWomen Journey
In this series, the alumnae of the first TechUPWomen (2019/20) discuss their experience of progressing through the programme
Jennifer Calland: My TechUPWomen Story
In this series, the alumnae of the first TechUPWomen (2019/20) discuss their experience of progressing through the programme