When they’re not busy building volcanos or throwing fancy dress parties, our friends at the MadLab run the fantastic Omniversity – affordable and super-friendly tech courses run by expert...
Ampersand Commerce & Manchester Girl Geeks present: theQuiz(); Wednesday 20th June, from 6pm @Ampersand, 3C Tariff Street, Manchester http://thequizmcr.eventbrite.c om Join us for an evening of ge...
Hama Beads, 8-Bit Gaming and QR Codes Sunday 29th April, 2-4.30pm MadLab, Manchester Click here to get your tickets now! For April’s Girl Geek Tea Party, Hama expert Rosarie O’Donahoe wil...
On Sun Mar 18th, visitors of MOSI got a rare treat to meet some of the great women scientists of our history. On site were: Delia Derbyshire, a pioneer of early electronic music who also composed the...
Manchester Girl Geek Dinner 9: Meet Cisco Systems & Jane Kenyon **WEDNESDAY*** 28th March 2012 6.30pm for 7pm start @ Revolution Bar, Oxford Street, Manchester We’re absolutely delighted to...
Last week, Manchester Girl Geeks held their “Intro to Coding Workshop” hosted by Kat Reeve (@BinaryKitten). We dove right in, first with a bit of history and background to where coding came from, the...
Women in Science Fair Sunday 18th March, 1-3pm Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield For International Women’s Day and National Science & Engineering Week Since March is the month of...
Wednesday 7th March, 2 – 5pm @ University of Manchester, University Place on Oxford Rd This event is hosted by Manchester Girl Geeks and Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WiSET) a...
We’re excited and very pleased to get so much interest and support from partners in industry; it’s great to see that what we do with Manchester Girl Geeks is recognized as being relevant ...
With the help of www.codecademy.com, our very own girl geek Kat (aka @binarykitten) will walk and talk you through the first steps to writing your own code (in JavaScript, to be precise). This short ...
Most days in Manchester are grey and rainy, but last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Lucie Green who brightened up our day with her talk on our planet’s closest star – the sun. Dr. Lucie’s...
When we’re not busy organising geeky events for you, some members of team girl geeks sometimes dabble in the fine art of writing (prose, not code). Here’s a quick round-up of recent posts...
Girl Geek Tea Party 21: Talk by Dr Lucie Green, Mullard Space Science Lab Sunday 22nd January, 2-4pm @MadLab, Manchester In the depths of darkest mid-winter, our January tea party will be a nice le...
It’s that time of the year again – time for our best of slideshow, with photos from the many events we ran this year. Enjoy the snapshots! :) Manchester Girl Geeks – Best of 2011 fr...
The last Girl Geek Tea Party of the year started off with a bang. We were a full house up on the top floor of the MadLab and the place was buzzing with lively Geeks ready to share and engage at our G...
On Saturday, we dove right in with learning how to add to the collective knowledge that is Wikipedia. There were complete newbies (including myself) to experts who have been contributing and editing ...
Or How Women Can Effect Cultural Change Through Online Media It’s a shameful but true fact that during the last six months the number of women editors on Wikipedia has gone down from 18% to 13%...
This month’s meeting was a tea party with a twist, as the Girl Geeks teamed up with Skeplit, the Greater Manchester Skeptics Society’s bookclub, to bring us an interesting afternoon of de...
Girl Geek Tea Party – Geeky Show and Tell Sunday 27th November, 2-4pm @Madlab, Manchester Get your free ticket now at - http://mggtp20.eventbrite.co m/ Do you have a passion for technology? What...
Wikimedia UK and Manchester Girl Geeks invite you to: Wikipedia and You! How to Edit, Upload and Read! Saturday 12th November, 10am to 4pm MadLab, 36-40 Edge St, Manchester M4 1HN We all really enjoy...
The Manchester Girl Geeks took over MadLab on Sunday for a fun and magical afternoon of science and geeky wizardry! Upstairs we had the Science Jamboree where all sorts of cool experiments ran wild –...
A fantastic evening was had by all as techie women descended on B-Hive, Manchester’s business lounge for women. In beautiful surroundings, with a fantastic speaker from Wikipedia and a gorgeous...
A few of us made an appearance at BarCampMediaCityUK the other weekend as part of the Girl Geeks in Residence. The aim was to provide a female presence and to encourage more women to attend the event...
We’re back at the Manchester Science Festival this year, with not only one, but two events! Girl Geek Tea Party: Mathematical Origami Sunday, 23rd October 2011, 2-4 pm @ MOSI A tea party with a...
When: September 14th 2011, 6.30pm Where: MediaCityUK, Salford Quays This event (not associated with Manchester Girl Geeks) is a great opportunity for all techies in Manchester: The BBC are holding a ...
Manchester Girl Geek Dinner 8 Tuesday, 27th September 2011, 6.30-9pm Location: B-Hive, Manchester Speaker: Fiona Apps (Wikipedia) Click here to book your ticket! We’re delighted to announce that the ...
BarCamp MediaCity UK – Limited free tickets available Wednesday, 10th August! We’re very excited to announce our participation in the BarCamp MediaCity on 17th/18th September 2011. The we...
The Manchester Girl Geeks were present at the Manchester Mela Festival, which took place in Platt Fields Park on the weekend 23-24 July. We had a table on Saturday afternoon in the Mela’s Arts ...
SkepLit Book Group meets Girl Geek Tea Party #17 @ MadLab Sunday, 28th August 2011, 2-4pm For our August tea party at MadLab, we’ll be teaming up with the SkepLit book group! SkepLit is the off...
Girl Geek Tea Party #16 @ Cornerhouse Guest Network Sunday 14th August 2011, 2-4.30pm at Cornerhouse Audio/Video production taster session – limited places. *** BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE *** WeR...
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