Pioneering in Diverse Leadership
Welcome to the first in a series of online workshops on Pioneering in Diverse Leadership in Academia.
The workshops have been designed to showcase our leaders and highlight the successes of our graduates. It is an opportunity to celebrate and learn from engaging conversations. We hope to use the inherent diversity we have at Middlesex University to collaborate and innovate in exciting ventures.
7 September 2021
Online
Purpose & Intended Outcomes
To successfully implement an effective diversity and inclusivity strategy, it is important to collaborate with some key leads on diversity at Middlesex and other stakeholders to run a workshop to identify:
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What is currently done well,
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Key changes required.
This workshop is to showcase success:
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Academics from diverse ethnic backgrounds
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Graduates from minority ethnic backgrounds
To hear the voices of students on what success looks like to them and the way forward.
This event forms part of an equity/equality, diversity, and inclusion work, including a Black Chemist Initiative and the Race Equality Charter.
The event has been made possible by the internal collaborative efforts of our students, academic and professional staff, our funder: the Royal Society of Chemistry, and our external collaborative partner: the Learning Science company, McGraw Hill.
We are grateful to the speakers - academics, students, and graduates - for committing to the event and sharing their knowledge and experience with us.
Keynote Speakers
INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIC EXPERTS
Dr Doirean Wilson
DProf
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Community Engagement & Diversity Practice at Middlesex University
Visiting Professor of Religion & Multiculturalism, for JCCAN School of Theology, Leadership and Management
Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Network at Middlesex University, Chair of Nubian Jak Community Trust, and Pattron of the Wikes Educational Schorlarship Trust
Chair of the 'EDUBATE' current affairs panel discussion series
Member of the Academy of Management Diversity and Inclusion Theme Committee
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and Fellow of the European SPES Institute
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Professor Diane Purchase
PhD
Professor of Environmental Biotechnology at Middlesex University
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
Fellow of the Institution of Environmental Sciences
Co-chair of the Chemical and Biophysical Processes in the Environment Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 2017
Elected as Titular member of IUPAC in 2019
Editor of Environmental Geochemistry and Health and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
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ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Professor Ajit Shah
PhD
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BIO-ANALYTICAL SCIENCE
Professor of Bio-Analytical Science at Middlesex University
Principal investigator and team leader at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Drug Discovery for 20 years
Recipient of several awards at GSK including Exceptional Science award
Specialist in the development and application of chromatography and mass spectrometry-based assays
Specialist in identification and measurement of disease biomarkers using metabolomics and proteomics
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Richard Bayford
PhD
Professor of Biophysics and Engineering at Middlesex University
Director of Biophysics at Middlesex University Centre for Investigative Oncology
Head of Biophysics/Engineering Group
Visiting professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College London
Fellowship of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)
Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FInstIPEM)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
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BIO-MODELLING AND INFORMATICS
Professor Kurt Barling
PhD
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JOURNALISM
Professor of Journalism (Practice) at Middlesex University
A multi-award winning BBC Journalist and Documentary maker during a 25 year broadcasting career.
Has made dozens of documentaries and over 2000-news-films for BBC news.
The first Black Briton appointed to staff at the LSE in international Relations in 1998 before escaping to the world of journalism.
Current research interests are in diversity in the media and the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of journalism.
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Opening and Closing Remarks
Opening and closing remarks
Pioneering in Diverse Leadership
Agenda
7 SEPTEMBER 2021
Chair: Dr Sandra Appiah
09:30
09:45
Check-in
Introduction
10:00
Opening remarks by Dr Alan Page, Associate Professor of Environmental and Public Health, Head of Natural Sciences Department
10:10
Dr Doirean Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management
10:40
Prof. Diane Purchase, Professor of Environmental Biotechnology
11:10
Prof. Ajit Shah, Professor of Bio-Analytical Science
11:40
Prof. Richard Bayford, Professor of Biophysics & Engineering
12:10
Short presentations:
MDX Student Union: Anastasia Calin (Vice President Faculty of Science and Technology), Jaudat Alogba (Vice President Health Social Care and Education), and Kris Irategeka (Advocacy and Policy Manager)
Dr Eromona Whiskey, Consultant Mental Health Pharmacist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Cynthia Osemeke, Cancer Researcher, Biomedical Scientist with Haematology and Blood Transfusion speciality
Dr Milan Vu Research Assistant (post-doc), Biomedical Scientist with research expertise in cancer and Covid- 19, Middlesex University
Dr Anthony Futughe, Geo-Environmental Consultant, St Albans City & District Council
Dr Drupad Trivedi, CAMS Lecturer in Analytical & Measurement Science, University of Manchester
13:10
LUNCH BREAK
13:30
Prof. Kurt Barling, Professor of Journalism
14:00
Panel discussion chaired by Georgina Cox,
Senior Lecturer Adult Health and Sheila Sobrany
Lecturer Adult Nursing
14:45
Closing remarks by Anna Kyprianou, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
15:00
End of Event
Other Speakers and Moderators
Dr Cynthia Ibeto
Associate Professor at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
Georgina Cox
Senior Lecturer Adult Health
Co-Chair of the Healthcare Academic’s Race Equality Diversity and Inclusivity Networks
(HAREDIN & SAG, HAREDIN ALUMNI & SHAREDIN)
Co-Chair of Middlesex Anti Racism Network (MDX-ARN)
Member of London Higher Tackling Racism Task Action Group (KPI’s)
Member of the Chief Nursing Officer’s Black Minority and Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group (CNO BME SAG)
Dr Tom Abban
MALDI Marketing Manager at Kratos Analytical A Shimadzu Group Company
Sheila Sobrany
Lecturer Adult Nursing
Chair of the Healthcare Academic’s Race Equality Diversity and Inclusivity Networks
(HAREDIN & SAG, HAREDIN ALUMNI & SHAREDIN)
Co-Chair of Middlesex Anti Racism Network(MDX-ARN)
Chair of London Higher Tackling Racism Task Action Group (KPI’s)
Member of the Chief Nursing Officer’s Black Minority and Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group
(CNO BME SAG)
Member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) London Region Board