Inventor, entrepreneur and leader, university student Okezue Bell is using his STEM skills to make a difference.

When Shane McCracken launched the student-led STEM enrichment activity, I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! in 2008, he was in for a few surprises. “Contrary to many myths, we found that scientists are often great communicators – in fact, they’re even better than most politicians,” he quips.

Using his own ‘from the street to the stars’ story as a personal framework, acclaimed cosmologist Hakeem Oluseyi says we need radical changes in the way we teach STEM.

Film maker Damon Gameau is creating change across the world through authentic story-telling.

With bold designs that capture the imagination, Jen Christiansen is excited to see where the field of scientific illustration is headed in future.

Pandemic prodigy: Meet Neha Shukla, the teen inventor who rocketed from her bedroom lab to the global stage

Darshana Joshi and Vijay Venugopalan are working to make science education accessible to all.

Hands-on education is desperately needed in STEAM, says Vaishali Sharma, whose Young Tinker Academy is engaging young Indians in robotics, engineering and artificial intelligence.

Martin Delahunty has seen incredible changes in scientific publishing. He now runs a London-based independent consultancy that helps publishers embrace the open-access, open-science world.