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奥惭骋鈥檚 Professor Margaret Low was presented with an MBE, for her services to public engagement and widening participation, on Tuesday 15^th March by HRH The Princess Royal at a special ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Professor Robin Clark, Dean of WMG, and Director of Education explains: 鈥淢argaret joined WMG back in 1988, and for many years she has made it her mission to inspire young people from all backgrounds in STEM subjects and into higher education. We are all so proud of her many achievements.鈥�

Margot James, Executive Chair at WMG adds: 鈥淢argaret鈥檚 MBE is a true testament to her hard work and dedication in connecting the local community with academia and, promoting STEM in an engaging way. I send her my warmest congratulations.鈥�

Professor Margaret Low said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 lovely, if a little overwhelming and totally unexpected, to be recognised in this way. Everything I鈥檝e achieved has been in collaboration with fantastic colleagues and friends at WMG and across the University. None of this would have been possible without their hard work and dedication.

鈥淚鈥檝e also had the good fortune to work with some brilliant students through Warwick Volunteers who鈥檝e been instrumental in bringing outreach activities into schools.鈥�

Working with Warwick Volunteers, Margaret collaborates with 91影视破解版 students to run Scratch workshops in local primary and secondary schools reaching more than 250 children each year through the Technology Volunteers project. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Margaret and her team also developed invaluable resources to help support home-schooling.

In 2016 Margaret was awarded an HEA National Teaching Fellowship. The Fellowships recognise and celebrate the absolute highest standards of learning and teaching across higher education.

More than a decade ago she pioneered the use of Scratch in the UK, a user-friendly programming tool, for outreach work in schools.

Read more about the WMG Public Engagement and Outreach Programme here: Public engagement and Outreach (warwick.ac.uk)