We are delighted to announce that SSI Fellow Professor Tom Crick MBE has been awarded the Lovelace Education Medal by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT for his contributions to computer science education across research, policy and practice.

Tom Crick is Professor of Digital Education & Policy and Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Swansea University. He is recognised internationally for leading the major STEM education and skills reforms in Wales over a sustained period, alongside wider leadership in UK digital, engineering and technology policy to support a thriving digital and data-driven economy.

Alongside Tom Crick, Demis Hassabis CBE, co-founder of AI research company Google DeepMind, and computer scientist Professor Jane Hillston MBE have been announced as the receipents of the Lovelace Research Medal.

The BCS Lovelace Medal was established in 1998 in honour of mathematician and writer Lady Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace. The award recognises people whose work in the areas of research and education have contributed to significant advances in computing. Previous winners include worldwide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and information retrieval pioneer Karen Spärck Jones.