Thrilled to have been appointed as Vice Chancellor of @_BNUni . I was the first in my family to enter higher education and the journey has been a ride. An incredible, fulfilling, meaning-filled ride. I have worked with phenomenal colleagues and students, seen success, failure, met barriers…

What if we did a return on time investment? What if we conducted analysis on the cost of how we spend our time versus the result of the time spent? What if we considered cost not just purely in terms of financial cost but the impact it has on us and our work? That would be a thing.

This is one of the few UK education conferences with a balanced lineup. We need less all white speaker lineups and audiences and more challenging topics. The speakers are excellent and it is such an important area of work and life

Just a few weeks until this superb conference here at Buckinghamshire New University focusing on inclusion and anti-racism in educational leadership and pedagogy in mainstream, further and higher education. Not to be missed, reshares appreciated www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...

Create the conditions where people can thrive. That is the primary purpose of leadership.

Bookings open for the next session of the Working Class Leaders in Higher Education Network. I’ll be joined by Iesha Small talking about career-building, communications and social media presence. Not to be missed. Reshares appreciated. www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/online/eve...

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On World Afro Day, sharing one of my favourite children’s books by Kandace Chimbiri. Wonderfully written, informative, pitched perfectly. As the white parent of a mixed race daughter, it was essential reading for me. Highly recommended

There are few more pernicious phrases in organisations than ‘not the right fit’. Not white enough. Not able bodied enough. Not middle class enough. Not male enough. Not straight enough. Not compliant enough. Not convergent-thinking enough. Not the right university attended…

We should stop pretending meetings are automatically work. Those meetings that could have been an email are not work. Those meetings that occur solely because they’re diarised are not work. Those meetings designed purely so people can speak, are not work. The act of speaking is not…

‘An inclusive workspace starts with accommodating the neurodiversity of its employees’. Interesting article about Duolingo’s approach to office design, creating a variety of sensory experiences to meet different preferences and different ‘rituals’ of colleagues. 1/