Researcher wins UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Impact award

Leonie Tanczer Dr Leonie Tanczer (UCL Computer Science) was recognised for the significant and wide-reaching impact of her leadership. The Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) inaugural awards were celebrated at FLF's annual conference in Manchester, shining a spotlight on the next wave of world-class leaders in academia and business. The future leaders are tackling ambitious programmes or multidisciplinary questions, and new or emerging research and innovation areas and partnerships. There were four categories in total: Research and innovation, Advancing Culture, Leadership, and Public engagement. Dr Tanczer won the Leadership Award for adopting a team-first mentality for her project setup, research and engagement strategy. This included creating a forum for peer support, delivering regular training to build her team's wider skillset, underpinning this with exposure to high-profile opportunities to embed their learning, which has delivered national and international impact. Her work has also influenced development approaches in other teams and created opportunities for students outside of her group in other universities.