Samantha Ahern
Senior PRISM at UCL Advanced Research Computing (ARC)
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSamantha Ahern is an experienced educator-technologist with 11+ years blending teaching, digital education and information security across higher education and secondary schools. Currently Senior PRISM at UCL Advanced Research Computing and a Fellow of the University of London’s Centre for Distance Education, she designs and delivers training that connects research computing, learning analytics and digital pedagogy. Her background includes senior roles in information security awareness and faculty learning technology leadership, giving her a rare combination of risk-focused program delivery and practical classroom-facing instructional design. She holds an MSc in Intelligent Systems and has pivoted from hands-on IT training and C++ industrial placement work to specialise in learning analytics and digital research training. A Senior CMALT and Advance HE Fellow, she’s adept at translating institutional strategy into usable digital services while quietly maintaining a long-standing commitment to STEM outreach. Colleagues value her for making complex technical and security concepts accessible to diverse academic audiences.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Grade 2 Pass, M249 - Practical Modern Statistics, Grade 2 Pass, M249 - Practical Modern Statistics at The Open UniversityLevel 5 Apprenticeship, Professional Coaching, Pass, Level 5 Apprenticeship, Professional Coaching, Pass at Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical EducationBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 2:1 at Kingston UniversityPGDip, ICT in Education, Pass, PGDip, ICT in Education, Pass at The Institute of Education, U. of LondonMaster of Science (MSc), Intelligent Systems, Merit, Master of Science (MSc), Intelligent Systems, Merit at De Montfort UniversityBTEC Ordinary National Certificate, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BTEC Ordinary National Certificate, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Huntingdon Regional College
Github Skills (38)
stable10
loops10
matplotlib9
matlab9
data-visualization8
data-analysis8
python8
automation8
knitr8
democracy8
java8
data-wrangling8
r8
open-government7
data-visualisation7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
UCL-ARC/r-amr-epidemiology
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis
Contributions:11 reviews, 36 PRs, 245 pushes in 7 months
DataLiteracyPlayground/DataLiteracyPlayground
Sep 2017 - Feb 2019
Open Education Resource (OER) for 16-24 yr olds
Contributions:39 commits, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 4 months
oeropen-education
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