European Digital Girl Award

Congratulations to Niamh Scanlon (13) who has received the 2015 European Digital Girl Award.  The Award recognises a girl who distinguishes herself and her community by demonstrating, promoting or actually increasing digital skills among girls and women, participation of girls and women in digital studies and careers, or use of digital skills and know-how for the benefit of society.

Niamh learned to code at CoderDojo when she was nine and she loves to build websites and apps that help people.  When she was 11 she developed an award-winning app to help drivers of electric cars.  For three years Niamh has mentored at CoderDojo in Dublin City University, where she helps other young people – and particularly girls – to learn how to create with technology.  She is a member of the Digital Youth Council in Ireland and she would like to see more coding and technology taught in schools.