The STEM Educator awards celebrate the educators inspiring and empowering the next generation of girls and women in stem.
Our goal is to recognise and celebrate the educators who are making a real impact in closing the gender gap in STEM and creating inclusive, empowering learning environments for girls and women.
After receiving an overwhelming number of nominations, each submission was carefully reviewed to create a shortlist of outstanding candidates across various categories. The final decision will be a combination of public votes and the expertise of our judges.
Here are the categories and the shortlisted nominees for each:
STEM Educators of the Year
- AINSLEY LATOUR, High School Teacher, Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf
- ARABI KARTEEPAN, Head of Physics, Croydon High School
- CLAIRE WALMSLEY, Computing Specialist (Primary), Tyntesfield Primary School
- HANNAH PARK, Teacher, Hillmorton Primary School
- HOLLY HARRISON, Curriculum Lead for Forensics, Bishop Burton College
- IRIS SMIT, Lecturer in Mathematics, Delft University of Technology
- JILL JOHNSON, Teacher, Andover Elementary School
- KATIE ASTLEY, Curriculum Lead for Computing, The Deanery High School
- KATY GRIFFIN, Assistant Headteacher (Teaching and Learning), St Hilda’s Harpenden
- LARA BAKER, Forensic Science Lecturer, Bishop Burton College
- LUCY HART, Teacher, Caroline Haslett School
- MADELINE CARR, Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL
- NEELAM HUSSAIN, Computing Lecturer, Bedford College
- NICOLE REYES, Computer Science Teacher, Albertville High School
Emerging STEM Educators
- ALICE DALZIEL, CEO & Founder, Wonder Create Play
- GENEVIEVE ROSSI, Junior School Teacher, Stuartholme School
- JAZMIN MORRIS, Creative Computing Artist & Educator, Freelance
- MANSI SHARMA, Researcher & PhD Student, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI and Saarland University
- MARIA CREUZA BORGES DE ARAUJO, Teacher, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
- RAKSHITHA AAKULA RAMACHANDRA, President, Women in STEM, University of Essex
- SHEBA AYINZABYONNA, Lead Facilitator, Educating the Children
- SNEHA TANDON, President, Cybersecurity Society, University of Essex
- TAHIRAH NASRIN, Robotics Engineering Undergraduate, Girls Into Coding/Osmani Trust
- VANESSA MADU, Guest Teacher, London School of Economics and Political Science
- YUKTI LNU, Lead Software Engineer, Kforce
- ZIVHA BEHARIE, Student, University of Essex
Community STEM Champions
- BECKY KALAM, Community and Outreach Project Manager, Playground Games
- CHARLIE MACKENZIE, Founder & Director, Primary Coding League
- ESTHER NAMATAKA, Community Based Trainer, DCFU Foundation
- HANNAH WRIGHT, Founder & CEO, CirKits Ltd.
- HANNAH HAGON, CEO, Unplugged Tots
- JENNIFER LEE, Coastal and Offshore Engineer, Mott MacDonald
- KASHVI ARORA, Product & Growth Strategist, Community Builder, Women in Tech Advocate, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
- KATE WARDLE, Project Development Manager, SSE
- KELLY GARDNER, Head of National Community, CodeBase
- LOUISA VENABLES, Engineering Assistant, Gatwick Airport
- NATALIE DENHAM, Faculty Convenor (Science & Health), University of Essex Students’ Union
- NICKY DANINO, Head of School, School of Computer Science, Leeds Trinity University
- PENNY SYDDALL, Digital Inclusion Lead, Dorset Council
- RUZLAINI GHONI, Associate Professor, University College TATI
- SARAH SOUTOUL, Software Engineering Trainer & Curriculum Developer, GirlCode
- SILVIJA NINKOVIC, Teacher/STEM Educator, Public Institution Primary School Georgi Stojkov Rajkovski
- TIA LUSH, Director, STEM Wana Trust
STEM Role Models
- ADNAN ASHRAF, Professor, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro
- AMBER VILLEGAS-WILLIAMSON, Senior Consultant, Uptime Institute
- CATHRYN MITCHELL, Professor of Radio Science, University of Bath
- CHELSEA SLATER, CEO, InnovateHer
- ELISABETH SCHMOUTZIGUER BENDER, CEO, Grasple
- JASBIR RAI, Head of Computing & ICT, Wood Green Academy
- JOHANNA WAITE, Programme Manager, TechUp Programme
- JULIETH AGBO, Data Governance Analyst, A-Aston Technologies
- NAUREEN FARHAN, Course Leader, Ravensbourne University London
- SADIE CREESE, Professor of Cybersecurity, University of Oxford
- SANCHARI MUKHERJEE MALLICK, Product Delivery Manager, Tata Consultancy Services
- SARAH CHAPMAN, Head of EMEA Product Compliance, 3M
- SUZE SHARDLOW, Published Technical Author, Coding Instructor and Public Speaker
- TONI SCULLION, Computing Science Teacher, Founder of dressCode and Co-Lead of STACS (Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science)
- ZAYNAH ALAM, Robotics Software Engineer, Swansea University/GE Aerospace
Not-For-Profits in STEM Education
- AKIRA CHIX
- APPS FOR GOOD
- BLACK GIRLS CODE
- CODE CLUB
- GIRL DEVELOP IT
- GIRLS INTO CODING
- GIRLSGETSET
- GIRLSTART
- GROUNDBREAKER TALENTS
- INNOVATEHER
- KIRON OPEN HIGHER EDUCATION GGMBH
- MANCHESTER DIGITAL
- MILLION WOMEN MENTORS
- REWRITING THE CODE
- TEACH FIRST
- WISE CAMPAIGN
- WISTEM
Now it’s your turn to get involved! Public voting* is now open and will count towards the final scores, alongside the judges’ decisions. Your vote is crucial in helping us select the most deserving winners in each category.
*Please note: To vote, you’ll be asked to join our free community. This helps us verify real people and helps to keep voting fair.
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