University student from Waterlooville, 19, awarded the British Empire Medal for getting children into science

By ron Melton
Published 7th Jun 2019, 23:30 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2019, 09:58 BST
Lauren Shea, 19 from Waterlooville, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for promoting STEM among young people.Lauren Shea, 19 from Waterlooville, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for promoting STEM among young people.
Lauren Shea, 19 from Waterlooville, has been awarded the British Empire Medal for promoting STEM among young people.
A STUDENT has urged others to learn to love science after she was named a recipient of the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, aged just 19.

Lauren Shea from Waterlooville has earned the award for her role in promoting Stem subjects – those to do with science, technology, engineering and mathematics – among young people. 

The former Alton School pupil was given a science scholarship in 2016 and became an ambassador for Stem promoter Teen Tech in 2017. 

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Since then she has made it her mission to encourage young people of all ages to unearth their scientific ability, by visiting schools and nurseries locally and nationally. 

The endeavours even saw her named in The Telegraph’s Top 50 Women in Engineering under 35 in 2017 – the only schoolgirl on the list. 

‘I was very overwhelmed,' Lauren said of the moment she learned of her BEM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. 

'It's an incredible feeling to be recognised for doing something that doesn't feel like a chore to me at all.