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Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford, has launched an Entrepreneurial Fellowship Initiative to proactively ensure that we see more people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds in senior leadership positions within business, start-ups, and venture capital.
The Parker Review (March 2021) found that nearly a fifth of FTSE 100 companies lack board-level ethnic diversity, and only five ethnic minority directors occupy a CEO position, compared to six ethnic minority directors that held CEO/Chair positions in 2020. Reports have also shown that in the last ten years, less than 1% of venture capital investment in the UK went to Black entrepreneurs, and Black female entrepreneurs received just 0.02% of investment.
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Put women at heart of a post-pandemic tech boom
Women shouldn’t be left out of the tech boom needed for post-pandemic recovery, argue Alice Gast and Alexsis de Raadt St James.
Writing in the Telegraph, Imperial’s President Alice Gast, together with Alexsis de Raadt St James, founder of Merian Ventures, a UK-US venture fund that invests in female-led technology, argue that supporting women in tech will be essential to Britain’s recovery from the pandemic. They make the case for businesses, governments and universities doing more to drive change.
Science and technology has had a breakthrough year, they write. While other sectors continue to struggle, the technology and digital industries are thriving and will continue to be vital to the post-pandemic recovery – but these jobs and economic gains are largely benefiting men. They write: “Women have been disproportionately affected by the economic fallout of the pandemic. This is in part because they are underrepres
Digital Ethics Summit 2020: governance key to inclusive post-Covid economic recovery
Pluralism key to developing and deploying technologies for an inclusive post-Covid economic recovery, according to a panel at Digital Ethics Summit 2020
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Better technology collaboration with local communities is needed to ensure the benefits of digital transformation and post-Covid economic growth are distributed across all parts of UK society, according to a panel of experts.
Panellists speaking at the TechUK Digital Ethics Summit on 10 December told attendees that achieving “inclusive economic growth” after Covid-19 will rely on bringing a much wider range of voices to the table, especially in the context of deciding how new technologies are developed and deployed.