About Sarah
Sarah Cosgriff (she/they) is a multi-award winning science communicator with a background in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). They have worked in a number of settings, such as education, youth sector, and public engagement. Sarah is an experienced speaker, trainer and consultant and their clients have included businesses, charities, universities, festivals, schools and museums.
Sarah advocates for LGBTQ+ inclusion, in particular within STEM. This work has been driven by their experiences growing up under Section 28 and being a queer science communicator. Sarah’s work has included influencing organisations to be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ staff, creating the STEM engagement project STEM for Queer Youth, and supporting educators to highlight LGBTQ+ people in the classroom.
After coming out asexual, Sarah realised there was a lack of visibility of asexual people. Because of this they started doing advocacy and activism work, including public speaking, being published in Nature Reviews Urology, and co-founding Aces in STEM.
Sarah won the BIG Event Best Demo in 2022 (a science communication competition), and a Pride in STEM Decadal Award in 2026 for their LGBTQ+ in STEM advocacy work. They were also shortlisted for National Diversity Awards in 2022 for the Positive Role Model Award – LGBT award.
Previous employment
Inclusion in Schools & Inclusion in Science programmes - Association for Science Education
Consultant for Inclusion in Schools, which involved consulting schools on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) on a whole-school basis. Following the end of this programme continued as a consultant for Inclusion in Science, which involved developing and delivering CPD focused on inclusive teaching practices in the science classroom.
Improving Gender Balance Programme - Institute of Physics
A project officer for the Improving Gender Balance programme. This role involved working with secondary schools to increase the number of girls pursuing A level physics which included 1-1 action planning, inclusive teaching CPD for staff and delivering sessions focused on gender stereotypes for students.
Learning and Development Manager - STEM, The King’s Trust (previously The Prince’s Trust)
Management of the development and delivery of training STEM training programme at a youth charity. This role involved working with staff at different levels of seniority, development of e-learning modules (using Storyline 2) and evaluation of training impact.
STEM Ambassadors Programme - University of Birmingham & Entrust Support Services
Management of the STEMNET programmes for Birmingham and Solihull. This role involved working with secondary schools and STEM employers, development of education resources and training and recruiting volunteers.