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Massive news coverage of IT Camp for girls

October 19-21, this year’s edition of "IT-Camp for girls” took place at Department of Computer Science – and received a great amount of media attention.

Ida Marie Schytt Lassen ready for one of many interviews.

37 girls took part in this year’s event, making IT-Camp as popular as ever in its +10 years lifespan.

The event received press coverage in the Danish media, starting October 19 on Danish Radio P4 in the morning as well as the afternoon, also including an independent news story on dr.dk. October 21, TV2 Østjylland came by – scroll forward to 1.38 to see the video featuring computer science student Ida Marie Schytt Lassen.

Finally, Aarhus University covered IT camp on the social media: Take a look at this video (also featuring Ida Marie) on Aarhus University’s Facebook page as well as the short ”video-tweet” on Aarhus University’s Twitter-profile.

"IT-Camp for girls" is a recurring event at Department of Computer Science, targeted at girls in secondary school aged 16-20 years. With three days of technology, design and inspiration the aim of the event is to challenge prejudices of the IT industry, and show these young girls that an education in IT certainly is for women. More info on IT Camps webpage, Instagram profile, and Facebook profile.