1. University of Birmingham BME Social:
Celebrating BME Achievement and
Overcoming Social Barriers
Michael Tippett room, staff house, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, west
midlands, b15 2tt FRIDAY 3RD JUNE (17:00-20:30)
2. EVENT PROGRAMME
●Start ●End
●Doors open – guests are able
to enter the venue
●5.00pm
●Welcome, introduction and
icebreakers
●5.30pm ●5.45pm
●Speakers introduction ●5.45pm ●6.00pm
●Professional development
panel discussion
●6.00pm ●6.45pm
●Break ●6.45pm ●7.10pm
●Social barriers panel
discussion
●7.10pm ●8.00pm
●Social ●8.00pm ●8.30pm
3. SPEAKER PROFILES
DR MIRZA AHMAD
Nationally recognized specialist
Barrister at St Phillips Chambers
who has been "ranked" in
Chambers & Partners Legal 500 for
expertise in Public & Administrative
Law and, since Oct 2015, expertise
in Employment Law.
CHETNA KAPACEE
Project Consultant at
Powerlist Foundation
whose previous projects
include Project
Management of London
International Arts Festival
and Stage Management
of Fusion Asia Bracknell
JUNYING KIRK
Published author and
International Partnerships
Manager at Birmingham
City University who
specialises in establishing
and maintaining
international partnerships,
as well as conducting
research on the
Internationalisation of the
curriculum and
international students'
experiences.
4. Speaker Profiles
DR CLARE OSIGWA-
ANYIAM
Multi Award Winning Celebrity
Skin Doctor, founder of Premae
Skincare - the world's 1st
freeform beauty brand which,
as CEO she is leading into 3
continents (UK, Africa and USA)
MELANIE EUSEBE
Chair and Board Member of Black British Business
Awards; Adjunct Professor at Hult International
Business School with a focus on Leadership and
Management Skills; management consultant
specialising in strategic transformation initiatives
for leading global brands
5. Panel Discussion – Professional
Development
Subtopics :
Academia, Entrepreneurial, Application process
6. Panel discussion – Social barriers
Discrimination at work, Challenges facing BME
entrepreneurs, white curriculum
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Sub-topics:
The issue of the attainment Gap
