Moving Beyond Representation in Academia: A PGR and ECR Roundtable [online]

How can we move beyond representation and put the experiences of Black researchers at the centre of our efforts to improve research culture? In this special online roundtable, students and staff from each of the four Colleges and central professional services will speak about their experiences of academia and how we can change the culture for the better.

Speakers:

• Donovan Anderson is a Teaching Fellow and Doctoral Researcher in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.
• Dr James Dawkins is a historian of African enslavement and its legacies in 18^th and early-19^th century Jamaica and Britain.
• Elizabeth Kawesa is a postgraduate researcher in the School of Psychology and Vision Sciences focusing on the well-being and sense of belonging of minority students in higher education.
• Dr Pierre Ngon A Mbara is a Teaching Fellow in Finance, children’s book author, and researcher with particular interest in asset risk management, corporate finance, equity research.
• Dr Sadiya Osman is a postdoctoral researcher focusing on how women learners re-engage with further education. Sadiya’s PhD examined the intersectional experiences of Black Muslin women in UK Higher Education.

Date: Wednesday 15 October 2025, 16:00-17:00

Link: https://forms.office.com/e/cTjxjUZ294