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What Could You Win?
The Prize: Work Experience with Gleeds
The winner of the Energy Future Leader Award will receive a work experience opportunity with Gleeds, offering a valuable introduction to the professional world.
This experience is designed to support your early career in STEM, giving you the chance to build confidence, develop workplace skills and gain insight into potential career pathways. It’s an opportunity to strengthen your profile, make connections and take a meaningful step towards your future in the sector.
Energy Future Leader
Celebrating an Energy Future Leader
Category: Project & Initiative Impact
Are you an energy future leader?
We’re searching for students who demonstrate exceptional passion, curiosity and potential to shape the future of the energy sector. Nominees should show strong engagement in STEM subjects, involvement in energy related projects or activities and a commitment to solving read world challenges in areas such as sustainability, renewables or low carbon innovation.
To enter, you must be:
– Studying in the UK (school/college or university)
Judging Process
Each student submission will be reviewed by a panel of industry experts and early career professionals.
Entries will be scored against key criteria: impact, innovation, inclusivity, and evidence of results. Finalists will be announced and invited to a celebration event, where the category winners will be revealed.
STEM students bring their curiosity, creativity, and lived experience to help assess which employers truly stand out to the next generation.
Student Voice
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Early careers professionals use their recruitment expertise and deep understanding of the STEM landscape to spot genuine innovation and impact.
Early Career Peers
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A powerhouse panel of respected STEM leaders brings strategic insight, sector knowledge, and a keen eye for excellence to the judging process.