Women from the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) participate in the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium, an annual one-day conference for women students of Computing and related subjects in the UK, organised by the British Computer Society (BCS). Over the past 13 years, the colloquium has travelled across the four home countries of the United Kingdom, being hosted in cities such as Leeds, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bath, Nottingham, Reading, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Aberystwyth, and Manchester, rarely repeating locations.

The 2025 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium was held on April 16th at the University of Glasgow, counting with the support of the University of Southampton as Gold supporters. Annually, the event covers a wide range of topics in computing and technology, including algorithms, business IT, AI, data science, programming, robotics, startups, and careers. This is achieved through a variety of keynote talks, panel discussions, poster presentations and a career fair. The 2025 edition of this event was attended by close to 300 participants, including eight women in ECS. Lecturers Dr Jennifer Williams (PGR recruitment officer for ECS), Dr Adriana Wilde (ECS Student Showcase Coordinator), and student Naomi Pitzer (chair of the Women in ECS student society) spoke to careers fair attendees about opportunities for further study at Southampton, both for MSc and PhD research.