{"id":12,"date":"2017-06-19T16:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2020-02-12T14:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:45:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CodePlus is an innovative education project, based in Trinity College Dublin that provides coding workshops, teacher support and research to address the challenge of female under-representation in Computer Science and IT-related courses at 3rd level and consequently in follow-on careers.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, thanks to support from ICS Skills, Salesforce and the Science Foundation Ireland we have run extensive coding workshops with over 1000 students in a network of girls secondary schools to help address the complex issue of gender imbalance and to help female students make informed choices for their third level study and career paths.<\/p>\n<p>CodePlus is supported by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI),\u00a0<em>Discover Programme,\u00a0<\/em>that funds pioneering STEM education initiatives in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>What the students say&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a very rewarding field when you get into it. I enjoy problem solving and coding a variety of different things useful in everyday\u00a0life. Computer science is a career I can really imagine myself being a part\u00a0of.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>-Weronika, CodePlus Student<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>It was really fun and I enjoyed being in a team. I find computer science quite interesting and there is so many opportunities to it.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>-Aiqa,\u00a0CodePlus Student<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>&#8220;I had a really great time and I really learnt a lot. It has really made me consider putting &#8220;Computer Science&#8221; on my CAO&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>-Jessica,\u00a0CodePlus Student<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-156 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ics-skills.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155\" src=\"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/salesforce-logo-e1581518264834.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"119\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/sfi-e1581518533327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CodePlus is an innovative education project, based in Trinity College Dublin that provides coding workshops, teacher support and research to address the challenge of female under-representation in Computer Science and IT-related courses at 3rd level and consequently in follow-on careers. Since 2014, thanks to support from ICS Skills, Salesforce and the Science Foundation Ireland we &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codeplus.scss.tcd.ie:443\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}