Making Diversity Interventions Count Annual Conference
- Postponed until June 2021

Uduak Archibong is Professor of Diversity at the University of Bradford, UK, where she directs the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity and provides strategic oversight for equality and diversity across the institution. Uduak is a thought leader in inclusion and diversity and currently leading in setting agenda to drive research, learning and knowledge exchange activities internationally. She has a sustained, distinguished presence in this field and much of her work has focused on workforce diversity, diversity-competent leadership in public, private and third sector organisations.

Uduak’s academic and professional work has major impacts locally, nationally and globally. Key among these impacts is that the body of her research work has provided a robust understanding of challenges of applying diversity interventions in enhancing workforce diversity and inclusive service delivery. Her research provides a clear international definition of positive action and application for representational and participative diversity. She has recently led a major multi-million European Commission funded action research project, GENOVATE, across 7 European Universities and is currently involved in a multi-million Horizon 2020 project, RRING, along with 22 international partners.

Uduak has published extensively and is on the editorial board of a number of academic journals, including Guest Editor of a recently published Special Issue of the Journal of Psychological Issues in Organisational Culture entitled 'Reframing Diversity Interventions in Austere Times'. Uduak was listed in the New Year Honours list 2015 and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to higher education and equality.

Prof. Goldman is the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Bradford. He is the Deans’ representative on the University’s Equality and Diversity Committee.

Prior to his current role, he was at the University of Sheffield where he oversaw the growth of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield, increasing student numbers and research income. Alastair has been published in many high-ranking journals, including The Lancet, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Computer Biology and Molecular Cell.

His research interests are centred on the meiotic cell division, which is essential for fertility of sexually reproducing organisms. The main scope of his work includes chromosome organisation, chromosome segregation and DNA double-strand break repair. These fundamental aspects of cell biology are central to understanding the Eukaryotic life cycle, improving crop species through breeding programmes and human health; as their function is critical to the avoidance of cancer and ageing.

Dr Salt directs the Centre for Research in Race and Rights at the University of Nottingham. She is an expert on sovereignty, race, collective activism and systems of governance. Dr Salt leads and collaborates on a number of research projects, including the Arts Council England funded project, The Bigger Picture, where she acts as the Research Lead and an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project, Geographies of Black Protest, dedicated to preserving the histories and materiality of black protest cultures around the world.

She is an active grant reviewer and recently began a 3-year appointment as a member of the Arts & Humanities Research Council Advisory Board. AHRC’s 14-member Advisory Board is made up of senior academics and sector leaders from across the UK. This group advises the AHRC Council and Executive on the development and implementation of strategic approaches to funding which reflect the challenges and opportunities arising for arts and humanities research and those that engage with it.

Salt remains a national leader, consultant and collaborator on a number of cross-sector initiatives on social justice, racial equity and inclusion.  Topics for news stories: The History of Race Racial Politics Haiti and Caribbean Cultures Activism Social Justice Equality and Diversity Minority Cultures in the UK Community Trust.

Dr Salt has appeared on BBC World Service, BBC Newshour Extra, BBC Radio 4's In Our Time (twice), Sky News, and BBC Radio Nottingham. She is interested in external consultancy and research collaboration opportunities.

Shahana is Head of Diversity and Inclusion for NHS England. She has 30 years’ experience in the public sector and has consistently demonstrated an authentic commitment to improving the working lives of staff and patients. Shahana has held leadership roles as Director of NHS Employer’s Positively Diverse programme and Deputy Director of the National Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health programme.

Shahana has been recognised by the Health Service Journal as a BME pioneer and was highlighted as one of 100 virtual change activists for health and social care through NHS Improving Quality (The Edge) and was nominated for an NHS70 Windrush award.

As an HR & Organisational development specialist he has over 20 years’ experience working in the private, public and independent sector both in the UK and abroad. He has designed and delivered a wide variety of HR and organisational development and learning strategies and practices. He has overseen and carried out major interventions around HR & OD for executives, managers, and employees in banking, healthcare, and emergency services. At present he is working at NHS Employers promoting the NHS as an Employer of excellence through supporting the delivery of designated working programmes within the NHS.

He has also jointly published research articles on ‘BME Disciplinary and the NHS’, Experience of African Nurses in the NHS, & Equality Diversity in the NHS. He is recognised as a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute Personnel Development & holds a Masters in Human Resource Management. Recently he was awarded MSc Healthcare Leadership & The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme Leading Care II & NHS Leadership Academy Award in Senior Healthcare Leadership Award

In addition, he is also an accredited PRINCE2 project manager, NLP practitioner and a qualified and experienced job evaluator and qualified BPS Level A & B Qualifications in Occupational testing.

Beverley Powell is an experienced Equality, Diversity and Inclusion professional and the winner of multiple national awards for her contributions towards Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Her 25-year career in Equality Diversity and Inclusion has encompassed both the public and private sectors and her outstanding leadership has led to successful strategic outcomes for a range of organisations.

Beverley is an accredited life coach, a qualified police Facilitator, Mentor and a Transformational Leader for the NHS. Beverley is the author of the research study, 'A critical analysis of the Transgender experience when accessing primary and secondary care within the NHS'. Beverley’s commitment to her work and her specialist expertise have resulted in her receiving commendations from the police and prison services for leadership commitment to the equality and fairness agenda, and her innovative work has resulted in strategies that have led to sustainable commitments to progression, development and transformation within a range of public sector organisations.

Beverley’s creative approach to her work means that she can deliver impressive results that ally with recognised standards. Whether she is addressing strategic business objectives or complex diversity issues, her leadership skills, research experience and unique delivery style means she always gets the best out of the people she is working with. From community groups to national institutions, Beverley is committed to delivering results that matter. Her passion and experience combine to enable her to appreciate the many ways in which discrimination can affect staff and service users and allow her to support individuals and groups to make positive changes.

Aamnah Rahman is a Research Fellow working on Community Engagement within Born in Bradford (BiB). Aamnah has a wide range of experience of working with communities from working in health promotion and prevention, voluntary and community sector and mental health.

Community Engagement is a systematic and consistent way of working with local community using various techniques ranging from assets based to co-production. Both theory and practice can work alongside each other. However, before community engagement can start, feasibility work on community readiness has to be carried out to see how ready a community is for intervention. Often, this work takes lengthy periods of time to conduct, relationships need to be established and built.

Hári Sewell is founder and Director of HS Consultancy and is a former executive director of health and social care in the NHS. He is a writer and speaker in his specialist area of social justice, equalities and ethnicity, race and culture in mental health. Hári is honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire and was the co-founder, and chair of the national Social Care Strategic Network (Mental Health) until November 2010. Hári has had various books, articles and book chapters published, with new material emerging regularly, usually every year. 

Hári worked with a local campaigner to secure services for survivors of sexual violence and runs a campaign “Men Supporting Women’s Rights” including “Men Against Rape”. He is increasingly studying forms of masculinity and the possibilities in many aspects of practice to recognise the intersections between masculinity and other aspects of identity.

Dr Romana Farooq is a Principal Clinical Psychologist in Forensic CAMHS and the Children’s Secure Estate in the North East. She was awarded the British Psychological Society Early Career Award for outstanding contributions to Clinical Psychology in respect of her work with children and young people subject to sexual exploitation. She received this award within 3 years post qualification. Romana specialises in human rights violations, child exploitation, trafficking, modern day slavery, forced criminality and gangs. S

he has developed a keen interest and passion for working with diverse communities and speaks regularly on inclusivity and the importance of inclusive leadership. She has spent over 10 years working with grassroots communities, marginalised groups and disenfranchised youth. She currently is a member of the Child Exploitation Parliamentary Advisory Group in the House of Commons.

Assia was born in Pakistan but raised and educated in West Yorkshire. She studied at Oxford specialising in Theology (BTH HONS) and has 16 years of teaching and training experience working across the education sector; FE, HE and Secondary. Assia has been a key player in raising awareness through innovative approaches and strategies around the themes of inclusion, integration and the Prevent (Prevention of Violent Extremism) Agenda at a local, national and international level.

Assia is a fully qualified and experienced WRAP Trainer (Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent) and also the Prevent Operational Lead at Bradford College.

In 2013 Assia was the National Lead for the LSIS Community Cohesion Partnerships Project and since then she has developed various highly regarded teaching resources and guidance, in association with the Education and Training Foundation and Bradford College; focusing on the prevention of violent extremism and the promotion of British values and diversity. Assia has delivered sessions on the implementation of the Prevent Duty at various high profile national and global educational conferences, including Association of Colleges, Inside Government and Further Education Tutorial Network. Assia was also a keynote presenter at the 2016 International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.

David has worked in community based mental health services in the UK for over thirty years developing services for people with complex care needs and enduring mental health problems in a career spanning the voluntary sector, local authority services, and the NHS at a senior level.

From 2009 - 2011 he was the Dementia Implementation Lead for Commissioning Support for London, working with commissioners across London to improve dementia services. He is currently Executive Director of the Dementia Alliance for Culture and Ethnicity (www.demace.com) a UK social enterprise developed by local and national voluntary organisations working with dementia and is an independent writer and researcher on dementia support and services for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities with a number of journal publications of the issues.

His book Supporting People Living with Dementia in Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities is due for publication in November 2019. He is also the Director of somefreshthinking limited, a healthcare consultancy working on service redesign and change management in health and social care services.

Ute is a Lecturer in Peace Studies. Much of her work has revolved around the question of how to encourage meaningful conversations about difficult and potentially divisive issues. Recently, this has included conversations on difference, otherness and inequalities within and beyond the University, and on how, in difficult times, we might cultivate and practice 'the moral imagination' in ourselves and others.

Laura is a current student of the MA in Peace, Conflict and Development in the University of Bradford. Her professional interests are related to gender and conflict, emotions and empathy, with special emphasis in the Colombian armed conflict. 

Sophia is a student in MA Peace, Conflict and Development, NGO worker, feminist and environmentalist. She is passionate about group processes, deep conversation and collaborative action. The wish to interact with people from around the world, to deepen her knowledge about conflict transformation and to reflect upon my role in change processes brought her to Bradford and to this conference.

Hussein has recently completed an MA in Political Violence and Terrorism at the University of Bradford. His research interests centre around postcolonial state-violence in the Middle East and Change-making Peace Education. He was a facilitator at the Otherness Lab Project at PSID. He is an Arabic and Islamic Studies teacher who currently working on a project creating a curriculum that combines Islamic Studies, Peace Education and Arts for children and young people enrolled in supplementary schools in the UK.