Why a Yearly Nomination List Matters More Than It Sounds
Nominations have opened for Computer Weekly’s 2026 Most Influential Women in UK Technology list, and on the surface this looks like a familiar seasonal ritual: readers suggest names, a panel judges them, an event in London crowns a winner. But look past the ceremony and the exercise turns into something more useful — a yearly checkpoint on a structural problem the UK tech sector has been circling for years: who gets to be visible, who gets to stay, and who gets to lead.