An honorary prize, awarded at the discretion of the Vice Principal (Research), in recognition of an extraordinary and sustained contribution to research and the research community at Queen Mary University London.
Dr Helen Jenner has served as the Chair of Queen Mary’s Ethics of Research Committee since 2017. She has over 40 years of experience in schools, charities, and local government.
Following a career first as a Headteacher of the Harbinger School in Tower Hamlets and as a Director of Children's Services in Tower Hamlets and Barking and Dagenham, since 2016 she has continued to work for children and young people’s wellbeing and education in the East End of London. She is a governor for several local schools and an officer bearer for local youth charities.
At Queen Mary, she has chaired a crucial element of our research governance process, one which oversees the wellbeing of researchers and their collaborators as well as reinforces our commitment to academic rigour and excellence.
As Helen retires from Queen Mary’s ERC, we are delighted to present her with a small token of our esteem and gratitude for all her service in the past seven years.