E25 - Inspiring Women

Bletchley Park

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4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

August 2014

This month’s episode is all about Inspiring Women.

We first take you to the launch of McAfee’s Cyber Security Exhibition and Computer Learning Zone which was held in the ballroom. The focus is on Online Safety for all ages, but especially children, as well as encouraging more women to Cyber Security. We have highlights of the speeches from McAffee’s Ross Allen & Raj Samani, Natalie Black of The Cabinet Office & Bletchley Park Trust Chairman Sir John Scalett, as well as interviews with our own Online Education Officer Nicola Halls & Veteran Betty Webb. You can find out more at https://www.workingwithbletchleypark.co.uk/

Next we bring you a Q&A session held at the end of our most recent Bletchley Park Presents Event – The Real Women of Bletchley Park. Historian & Bletchley Park guide Bob Horner, put questions from the sell-out audience to four Veterans, Ruth Bourne, Gwendolyn Page, Jean Valentine & Betty Webb.

Finally we bring you a truly serendipitous & heart-warming conversation between the Architect who led the restoration of Bletchley Park and the Hut 6 Veteran who inspired her. Architect Janie Price literally bumped into Veteran Jane Fawcett during the recent visit of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. Jane was Janie’s tutor in building conservation at the Architectural Association and was an expert in historic flooring.

A message from mcfontaine * The sound on The Real Women Package is not up to our usual high quality due to a technical problem that was completely out of our control on the day, but we have improved it as much as possible & felt we should include it because of the importance of the content. We hope it doesn’t spoil your enjoyment.

Picture: Janie Price meeting HRH The Duchess of Cambridge ©shaunarmstrong/mubsta.com

In memory of Jane Fawcett, who passed away on 21 May 2016.

#BPark, #Bletchleypark, #ww2veteran, #enigma, #McAfee, #cyberhero

Transcript

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The From the home of the co-breakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.
0:36.9	Welcome to the August 2014 edition of the Bletchley Park podcast, Inspiring Women.
0:42.3	This month we delve into cyber security, the pioneering work women did at Bletchley Park during World War II,
0:49.3	and we listen in on a heartwarming conversation between the architect who led the restoration of Fletchley Park
0:54.8	and the Hutt 6 veteran who inspired her.
1:04.0	McAfee has officially opened its International Cybersecurity Security exhibition, titled
1:08.9	Secrecy and Security Keeping Safe Online and the Computer
1:12.7	Learning Zone at Bletchley Park. Workshops will be held as well teaching visitors about the ever-evolving
1:18.5	cyber threat. And another element of the partnership is McAfee's online safety for kids program,
1:24.4	which sees McAfee staff volunteer to teach courses on safely navigating cyberspace.
1:30.3	The company also sponsors an online safety education officer who will deliver a safety for kids
1:36.3	program to schools visiting Bletchley Park, as well as providing e-learning strategies, advice and training.
1:42.3	This huge package was launched in the ballroom with help from veteran Betty Webb.
1:47.7	Welcome to Bletchley Park.
1:49.5	My name is Ross Allen, Vice President for MacAfee, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and by my
1:55.2	accent Canada as well.
1:56.8	Today we're here to announce the opening of Macfee's computer learning center and cyber
2:04.1	learning zone here in Block C. That started about a year ago, I attended a session where Ian Stand
2:10.2	was presenting to a group of individuals about the current state of Bletchley Park and the restoration
2:16.9	of this national institution.
2:19.4	And what really came out of that was a cry for help.
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