Researchers awarded UKRI Celebrating Impact Prizes

Image of the winners of the UKRI celebrating impact awards - Two researchers and one team from across UCL have been recognised for their work on inequality, access to education, and the COVID-19 pandemic at the 10th annual Celebrating Impact Awards, hosted by UK Research & Innovation. Presented at a ceremony last night, the prestigious awards celebrate social science research with an outstanding social impact - and were awarded in recognition of researchers' work with communities across the UK and globally. The three UCL winners are: Professor Heather Joshi CBE, Professor Lorraine Dearden (both UCL Social Research Institute, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society), and the team behind the COVID-19 Social Study, led by Dr Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care). Professor Joshi was awarded the inaugural John Hills Impact Prize for her outstanding contribution to addressing social inequality as part of the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS). Through her work, Professor Joshi has informed policy by documenting generational change in social and gender inequality. Her research has included investigations into gender pay gaps in the labour market, the impact of childrearing on women's lifetime earnings, and effects of maternal employment on childbearing and child development. Professor Joshi said: "I was always encouraged to take advantage of the career opportunities which women in previous generations lacked.