Jane Aston
Jane Aston is the first of this year's Creative Sparks cohort. She is a gifted 18 year old from Astey, Leicestershire who started a Mathematics degree at Cambridge University this year.
Jane is an exceptional and highly creative student of maths as well as a talented film maker. Jane comes from Anstey in Leicestershire and has recently taken up a place at Cambridge to study mathematics. She came to the attention of Ignition* through the Planet Sci-Cast awards in 2008 when she won best film.
Her mentor, Jonathan Sanderson rates her as a talent to watch out for in the future, and her Ignition* Creative Sparks award will enable Jane to develop her interests in film and maths through a programme of personal creative development.
