Royal High Bath hosted an event to celebrate their former pupil, Jane Pearce, who has won the prestigious Women in Innovation Award from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, by unveiling a purple plaque in her honour on the school site.

Purple plaques are being displayed at schools across the country to recognise the achievements of the winners of the prestigious Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award. The Award also sees recipients receive up to £75,000 grant funding and a 12 month support package to scale up their businesses and bring their pioneering innovations to market.

Jane Pearce is part of a network of over 200 Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award winners who are developing inspiring solutions to pressing societal, environmental, and economic challenges; from multi-grip bionic arms for amputees, an AI that curbs your unhealthy cravings, and satellite data to detect long-lost archaeological sites.

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