Niamh Whelan

Program Lead @ WISE

Niamh is the Program Lead for the WISE Prize for Education. Previously, Niamh supported a fellowship program for young leaders in education as well as the WISE Awards, a recognition of global education innovation. Niamh’s interests sit on the cusp of education and humanitarianism, having acquired in-depth understanding of on-ground pedagogical practice working as an educator and across small-scale NGOs focused on health and education provision. Niamh is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and has undertaken courses in practice and pedagogical design with University College Cork and Harvard Graduate School of Education.