Empowering Women in Tech: News and Achievements

See the latest News and Achievements of the talented women within Buckingham’s School of Computing.

5 March 2026

Buckingham welcomes partnership with OpenBright Foundation to support women in Computing

In light of the University's commitment to diversity, inclusion, and academic excellence in STEM, we are excited to announce this OpenBright partnership.

9 January 2026

Madara Premawardhana Wins Third Prize in OpenWeather Challenge 2025

Congratulations to PhD student Madara Premawardhana, who won third prize in the OpenWeather Challenge 2025.

8 April 2025

Computing Research Excellence at AI UK 2025

PhD Computing students, Madara Premawardhana and Rashmi Perera, recently took part in the Alan Turing Institute - AI UK 2025

6 March 2025

School of Computing achieves triple award win in MK STEM Awards 2025

Buckingham won an impressive three awards at the MK Stem Awards 2025.

22 November 2022

‘Rising Star’ University of Buckingham student

31 year-old Jehan Ghafuri has been named as one of the 50 Rising Stars by ‘Women of the Future’ in ESG (Environment, Social, Governance). Jehan, an Artificial Intelligence researcher and DPhil student at the University of Buckingham, has achieved the…