Renfrewshire girls invited to join coding club at West College Scotland

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Girls are being invited to join a college coding club to banish the misconception that the skill is "just for boys".Those aged from P5 through to second year in high school are being invited to attend West College Scotland’s Coding Club.The college received funding from Digital Xtra to run the club for another year.It will last for three days over the October break from Tuesday, October 18 to Thursday, October 20 from 10am to 3pm each day. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. Dr Amanda Ford, lecturer in Creative and Digital Industries, said: “I have run coding clubs before but not in Paisley - this is a new thing.

I have decided to do the first one for girls to try and get more girls involved.“At our college, we don’t have a lot of women on our courses and I would like to be a positive role model that way.

It is for primary five and second year girls as that is the age where they start falling out for the love of computing.”There will be different activities on each day and lunch will also be provided for those attending.On day one, the girls will look at how to come up with an idea for a game before creating a prototype game on the software Scratch.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of