CCH is delighted to introduce Women in Computing 2026! 

Unbelievably, it's our sixth year celebrating the women innovators whose tech has changed the world. And this year we're going large!

Cambridge is a global centre of research, innovation, and technology, yet many young people - especially from low-income backgrounds - don’t see themselves represented in this sector. Girls in particular often decide early that tech is ‘for boys’, and we lose their talent as future innovators.

CCH’s Women in Computing Festival celebrates the often overlooked achievements of women in technology and challenges stereotypes through inspiring role models and hands‑on experiences. It helps young women build confidence, see what’s possible, and imagine themselves as future inventors, engineers, and leaders.

Across two weeks either side of International Women's Day on March 8th, we'll be showcasing amazing women in tech both on our socials and at the museum. Our new exhibition Code for Change features modern women using tech to fight injustice and create a fairer technological world. 

Thanks to support from partners including our amazing Silver Sponsor, local games developer Ninja Theory, we've been able to organise four FREE Discovery Days for local schools. We're offering a full inspirational day of hands-on learning to 240 children from 16 different schools, and prioritising children who would not normally consider a career in tech.

We know school budgets are tight, and being able to offer these days completely free has been fantastic. On top of this, funding from Arm and support from Dial-a-Ride Cambridge means we've even been able to help with the costs of travelling to the museum!

On each of the days, children will enjoy a Micro:bit coding workshop exploring discriminative AI, plus an interactive tour of our main gallery, made possible by Ninja Theory, discovering the stories of women whose tech has changed the world. They'll also be inspired by mentors, speakers and performers including:

3rd March - Primary Schools - sponsored by Ninja Theory

• Local role models currently working in tech: employee volunteers from Ninja Theory
• Maths educator (and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire winner) Alison Kiddle (they/them) leads hands‑on session The Fabric of Computing, exploring how everyday maths underpins computing, the women who helped build the modern digital world, and the surprising links between fibre arts and computing.

5th March - Primary Schools

• Local role models currently working in tech: employee volunteers from Ninja Theory
• Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts - The 'Women in Computing Game Show Challenge'.

9th March - Secondary Schools

• Local role models currently working in tech: employee volunteers from Arm
• Mathmagician James Merlin dazzling with his show The Magic of Women in Computing

12th March - Secondary Schools

• Edwina Dunn, data scientist and inventor of the Tesco Clubcard, whose foundation The Female Lead will introduce speakers Vanessa Sanyuake - Founder of Girls Talk; Joanna Sweeney, a Top 20 Woman in Data and Tech; and academic Lucy Wittman, who studies the Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms at Cambridge University. 

We must thank our partners Arm, Raspberry Pi, MathWorks and HDFE Diagnostics, whose ongoing support for our Learning programme underpins events like these.

And finally, our partner and local barcode solutions firm Orca Scan is providing QR code technology so we can easily capture feedback from students and teachers - and make next year even better!

We can't wait to get started!

Date : 28-02-2026