Timeline

Open for submissions

16 October 2019

Innovators selected

01 April 2020

Prize finalist and runner-up selected

01 March 2021

Innovators delivery completes

31 March 2020

Evaluations completed

01 June 2021

CareerTech Challenge was an ambitious £5.5 million innovation programme led by Nesta and Nesta Challenges in partnership with the Department for Education.

The programme focused on stimulating new solutions for precarious workers, such as workers in low paid, insecure work, susceptible to change, to upskill and retrain online, or access accurate data-driven information, advice and guidance that helps them find work. 31 innovators were awarded funding and support via the CareerTech Challenge.

Team

Rhys Herriott

Rhys Herriott

Rhys Herriott

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Rhys is a programme manager at Challenge Works and is currently overseeing communications and engagement for the Ofwat Innovation Fund.

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Liz North

Liz North

Liz North

Programme Manager

Liz was the Programme Manager for the CareerTech Challenge Fund.

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Jack Orlik

Jack Orlik

Jack Orlik

Programme Manager - Open Jobs, Data Analytics Practice

Jack was a Programme Manager for Open Jobs.

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Isobel Scott-Barrett

Isobel Scott-Barrett

Isobel Scott-Barrett

Head of Delivery, UK 2040 Options

Isobel works on the design and delivery of Nesta's strategy.

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Emma Selinger

Emma Selinger

Emma Selinger

Assistant Programme Manager

Emma was an Assistant Programme Manager for the CareerTech Challenge.

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Amy Solder

Amy Solder

Amy Solder

Deputy Chief Central Programmes Office

Amy works in the Education team.

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Nassin Watson

Nassin Watson

Nassin Watson

Programme Manager, Challenge Works

Nassin is a programme manager at Challenge Works, working on the Sustainable Cities Challenge.

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Jyldyz Djumalieva

Jyldyz Djumalieva

Jyldyz Djumalieva

Data Science Technical Lead, Data Analytics Practice

Jyldyz Djumalieva was the Data Science Technical Lead working in Data Analytics

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Sarah Mcloughlin

Sarah Mcloughlin

Sarah Mcloughlin

Senior Programme Manager

Sarah was a Senior Programme Manager.

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Cath Sleeman

Cath Sleeman

Cath Sleeman

Head of Data Discovery, Data Analytics Practice

Dr Cath Sleeman is the Head of Data Discovery.

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Genna Barnett

Genna Barnett

Genna Barnett

Programme Manager, Data Analytics Practice

Genna is the Programme Manager for the Data Analytics Practice at Nesta.

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