LSBU Group Newsletter Summer 2021

LSBU Group gets ground-breaking at VauxhallAt the end of May, LSBU Vice-Chancellor Dave Phoenix and Executive Principal Fiona Morey were joined by ministers at a ground-breaking ceremony in Vauxhall, for what will be the newest addition to the LSBU Group of institutions, London South Bank Technical College.

The college, which will be the UK’s first purpose-built comprehensive technical college for a generation, will open to students in 2022/23 and will train the next generation of engineers and scientists from the site in Nine Elms. Delivered in two phases, the site will house:

• Initial nine-storey building for students to study technology, construction, engineering, and science in hi-tech classrooms and workshops

• Further blocks to follow, enabling specialisms in health science and business

The new London South Bank Technical College has been jointly funded by a £21 million grant from the Mayor of London’s Skills for Londoners Capital Fund, through the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP). The building work at the site is being led by GRAHAM, a leading UK construction, facilities management and investment company.

“It’s fantastic news that the first new technical college in the UK will be built right here in London – and I look forward to seeing students gain the skills they need to access good jobs in the future.” Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

“As we recover from the pandemic it’s even more important than ever that young people can learn the skills they need to get really good jobs. London South Bank Technical College will be the first new purpose-built technical college for a generation and will give students access to the hi-tech facilities they need to launch great careers in in-demand industries including engineering and science.” Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills

“London South Bank Technical College will give thousands of students direct routes into apprenticeships, higher education and highly-skilled careers. The new college will play an important role in filling technology, engineering and science skills shortages in London. London South Bank Technical College will be an important part of LSBU

Group, helping provide educational pathways for people of all ages. It provides a vehicle through which we can work with employers to provide qualifications that are valuable, but which can also provide routes to further study.” Professor David Phoenix, Vice-Chancellor, London South Bank University (LSBU)

“London South Bank Technical College will offer life-changing opportunities for South Londoners who want to learn new skills in engineering, technology, science, dentistry, maths and creative digital. The new technical college will give students state-of-the-art facilities to learn, develop and build successful careers. London South Bank Technical College is part of the LSBU Group, a unique partnership of secondary, further and higher education institutions in London.” Fiona Morey, South Bank College Executive Principal

Introducing LSBU’s new Provost: Professor Taraneh (Tara) Dean LSBU is delighted to announce that Professor Taraneh (Tara) Dean has been appointed as Provost. She will take up the role from September 2021. Professor Dean joins us from the University of Brighton, where she is Pro-Vice Chancellor, Research and Enterprise. Prior to Brighton, Tara held a number of senior positions at the University of Portsmouth including Dean of Research and Dean of the Faculty of Science.

Originally from Iran, Tara came to the UK aged 16, as an international student, to complete her education. She completed her first degree in Biological Chemistry at the University of Essex and obtained her PhD from Kings College in London in 1989. Following post-doctoral work at the National Heart and Lung Institute (now part of Imperial College), she moved to the University of Southampton for her first academic position.

Professor Tara Dean said: “I am delighted to be appointed as Provost of LSBU. I look forward to working with students and staff across the University as well as other colleagues from the LSBU Group. The University’s EPIIC values (Excellence, Professionalism, Integrity, Inclusivity and Creativity) and the vision within the University’s Group Corporate Strategy are inspiring and I look forward to working with colleagues in delivering the ambitions set out in the plan.”

Let’s meet: Hitesh Tailor (Business Studies, 1979)

Honorary Fellow, former Vice Chair of LSBU Board of Governors and now Chair of the South Bank Academies Group and sponsor of our first ever Group-wide donor supported prize scheme designed to recognise the outstanding contribution of South Bank Academies students.

Hitesh, tell us a bit about how your relationship with London South Bank University (LSBU) began…

My family came to the UK from Kenya in the mid-1960s. Higher education wasn’t something we’d ever talked about. But I suddenly realised it was what I needed if I was going to carve out the kind of life I wanted. What appealed to me about South Bank was its ethos of inclusion and the focus on vocational learning. Plus they were prepared to give me a chance, because I lost my way at school and as a consequence my grades were not that great!

What first inspired you to want to give something back?

As someone who really benefited from being given that chance to get into higher education and having seen the power it has to transform lives – including my own – I wanted to do something to extend the opportunity to others. So, in 1998 I established an annual prize for the best Business Studies student. I have just extended my support for this prize for the next 10 years. But I always wanted to do more than just write a cheque. It’s been really important to me to meet the students, to make that connection with them, and to hear their stories. From there, I joined the Board of Governors at LSBU and in 2011 I set up the Hitesh Tailor annual lectures, where some of our amazing alumni came back to the University to talk about their lives, careers and

deliver strong personal messages to inspire the next generation.

How did you come to be involved with the South Bank Academies?

After I stepped down from the LSBU Board, I was asked to be part of the Governance at the newly formed Age UK. It was refreshing to focus on a different part of society, you could say “from the young to the older generation“, but I always stayed in touch with South Bank – we didn’t forget each other! Then I was approached and asked if I would be interested in supporting the Academies, a younger generation still! I said, absolutely yes. I went to see both the schools and was immediately struck by the calibre of the leadership and the excellence of the teaching that I witnessed first-hand. Very different from my school days yet the aspirations of the children was something that I instantly recognised and felt part of.

Tell us about the prizes you’re offering to pupils…

There will be three prizes per year, per Academy, for the next three years. From my side, that’s pretty much it! I’ve made it absolutely clear that I’m leaving it to the leadership at the schools to make their own decisions about the recipients. I want them to define what success means. I’m keen that it shouldn’t just mean academic achievement, though. That’s important, of course, but so is making a contribution to the community, for example, or demonstrating real resilience and determination in overcoming adversity. Those are all things we should be recognising and rewarding too. I’m sure they’ll do a wonderful job in deciding and I want to come and meet the winners.

Why do prizes like these matter?

They matter because it’s important to celebrate success. So many of the narratives around young people, and particularly around young people growing up in less privileged circumstances, are negative. I want to focus on the positive. I also believe that this kind of external recognition provides an incentive for everyone to want to succeed. I hope it raises the levels of motivation among all pupils, not just the winners, by giving all students something to strive towards. To show to everyone that there is an alternative story to young lives. I also want to encourage past students to come and talk to the pupils. I know the power and lasting impression that other role models can have on our students.

How do you see your relationship with the Academies developing in the future?

There’s so much scope to strengthen the links between the various parts of the LSBU Group and develop some really exciting partnerships with the wider community as well. For example, I’d like to see us working closely with local employers to provide internships and work experience. I hope we can see students from the University mentoring some of the younger pupils at the schools. And I’d love the children to be coming into the University, going into the lecture theatres and the labs and seeing for themselves how the University is tackling real world problems. That’s how you raise aspirations. I want our pupils to grow up thinking, I belong here. This world of higher education leading to good, rewarding, meaningful work or research is something I can aim for.

“Recognition and reward is important to all of us at South Bank Academies. For our students in particular, the last year has been incredibly challenging in many ways. Being able to recognise and reward the commitments, contributions and successes of our students is invaluable and makes a real impact. For the first time this year we are excited to be able to supplement the work we do at school level with a significant donor-led prize giving event, which has been generously funded by the Chair of our Trust Board, Hitesh Tailor, and kindly supported by LSBU.” Dan Cundy, Executive Principal, South Bank Academies

Since this interview, the schools have set the following criteria for Hitesh’s prize: Students who have shown that they are becoming the change-makers in their world. This will be awarded to students for activities they have engaged in which aim to improve people’s lives on a local or global scale.

Hitesh’s donation will make a lasting difference to someone’s future. If you want to find out more about prizes, bursaries and the No Barriers To Brilliance philanthropic programme, contact LSBU’s fundraisers at breakingbarriers@lsbu.ac.uk

LSBU leads the way by donating unspent apprenticeship levy funds to cover tuition fees

LSBU has donated £150k to ‘Reskilling the Recovery’ which is creating new apprenticeships for low-paid Londoners. The donation from unspent apprenticeship levy funds will be used to cover the tuition fees of apprentices in small businesses that have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. These funds will help support the local economy in London and promote inclusion within SMEs by supporting BAME and female apprentices into better paid, more productive jobs.

‘Reskilling the Recovery’ is being run by London Progression Collaboration (LPC). Over £4 million has been pledged by large employers from unspent levy funds, paid by employers towards the cost of supporting degree apprenticeships. The LPC estimates that £470 million of 2018/19 apprenticeship levy funds were unused by employers. And this is not likely to change in the short-term – according to the latest London Business 1000 survey, only half (53%) of levy-paying businesses indicated they expect to use apprenticeship funding over the next year.

“Now more than ever, we need to band together to support London’s economic recovery from damage inflicted by Covid-19. As we adapt, recover and rebuild, we must ensure that London’s economy works for all Londoners. More than ever we believe apprenticeships can support people into rewarding employment and help make businesses more resilient.” Sammy Shummo, LSBU Group Director of Apprenticeships

“LSBU has a powerful history of supporting Londoners to achieve their potential through applied education. These values also underpin everything we are striving to achieve through our Reskilling the Recovery campaign.” Oscar Watkins, London Progression Collaboration

Wheel of change... Kristen Tapping’s innovative design set to help us breathe easyDubbed by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, as a “social justice issue”, air pollution is now one of the most important public health challenges of the 21st century, as it continues to threaten the health and prosperity of not only Londoners, but populations across the globe.

Like many of our graduates and alumni, Kristen Tapping (BA Product Design, 2020) is committed to putting the learning and skills she has acquired to good use by tackling real-world challenges.

GoRolloe, Kristen’s award-winning invention, transforms the humble bicycle wheel into an air purifier. The wheel sucks in polluted air, filters out the pollutants and releases the clean air back out into the world – making one of the greenest ways to travel truly carbon-negative.

Captured pollutants are donated to third party organisations to create new products such as polymer that can be recycled, or a bio-composite that can withstand the extreme wear and tear.

Kristen developed the concept whilst studying at LSBU and has since won major awards and been the subject of international media coverage.

Understandably, GoRolloe is attracting a lot of interest from government bodies, manufacturers and distributors. Local authorities are interested in this solution as it improves air quality for their communities by actively encouraging participation in healthy behaviours but also in creating cleaner air around them.

Talking about the support she has received from LSBU, Kristen says:

“LSBU has provided an amazing amount of support so far allowing GoRolloe to prototype and test using their facilities and equipment, and also links to experts for advice and mentoring.”

“I’m so happy to have won an award as prestigious as the Design Educates Awards 2021, which is recognised by highly regarded designers and architects in the field. This provides support in the journey to the product development of GoRolloe which involves engineering development, CFD optimisation, filter testing, and design for manufacture.”

Kristen’s firm, GoRolloe, aims to have test models ready to pilot launch later this year and have commercial output by mid-2022.

And breathe…

Frightening fact: The Great Smog of 1952 which covered London killed as many as 12k people. But London’s toxic air is associated with 9,000 premature deaths EVERY year.

Academy students get access to state-of-the-art equipment in pioneering scheme with Natural History Museum

The pandemic has undoubtedly had significant impacts on the educational experiences of children and young people, especially in-person learning opportunities. With so many museums closed or limiting visits, opportunities for extra-curricular learning activities have been curtailed. Either trips have had to be postponed or cancelled, or in most cases gone virtual.

But staff at UAE South Bank were determined that our students didn’t lose out on the thrill that hands-on, tactile learning can bring, so partnered up with the Natural History Museum to bring some of the institution’s ‘wonder’ to the classroom in the shape of a super-powerful scanning electron microscope.

Programmes involving advanced equipment and expertise are driven by a desire to reach not only the most academically able, but those who show aptitude early on in enquiry-led STEM learning, such as project work or research tasks, to boost the STEM workforce. Many schools in the US, Germany and Australia already have well established collaborations with universities and industry to boost such opportunities for students through a variety of equipment and expertise, including the use of a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).

Having a SEM is not just an exciting outreach opportunity to showcase science, but also provides a deep-impact, pathway-changing strategy that, anecdotally, can lead to greatly improved outcomes. These outcomes include students applying for further study at college or university when previously they may not have, shifting across to a different area of study that they may not have thought accessible, and improving confidence.

The UAE South Bank loan was secured from Hitachi with the support of Dr Alex Ball, Head of Imaging and Analysis at the Natural History Museum. Dr Ball oversees the Natural History Museum’s world-class imaging and analytical laboratories used by over 300 staff, visiting scientists and post-graduate students, to understand the museum’s world-leading collection of over 80 million objects and contribute to our understanding of the natural world.

Dr Ball said, “I’m a lifelong microscopist and once I started using scanning electron microscopes as a PhD student, I was hooked and knew that it was all I wanted to do.

“I’ve demonstrated SEMs to thousands of people. The reaction is always the same, astonishment at what they can reveal about the hidden beauty in relatively mundane objects, so I’ve long wanted to be involved in a programme that can bring that sense of wonder to more people.”

Jon Searle, Head of Science at UAE South Bank said, “Our science club has exploded in numbers since we got access to the microscope. I’m enjoying the gasps of delight when you zoom in on pretty much anything. The smile on an eleven-year-old’s face when you tell them that they are one of the best scanning electron microscope operators for their age in the world is an excellent thing.

“Ultimately our students feel like scientists because they have access to an incredibly advanced piece of technology. I hope this microscope encourages them to study science and go on to successful and rewarding careers in science.”

Professor David Phoenix shares the success of Year 14 at South Bank UTC, and why he thinks others should follow suit

In the last edition of Group News, we shared that South Bank UTC worked together with LSBU to add a Year 14 to their offering from September 2020, allowing for a smoother transition from Key Stage 5 (sixth form) into Level 4 technical qualifications – something that is known historically to be a tricky step.

The Year 14 programme gives these pupils the opportunity to enhance their BTEC

study to meet the HNC requirement and then the option to take that exam should they wish to, with the exam fees covered by scholarships from the University. For many, it will also allow them to transfer successfully into the University’s mechanical engineering degree.

Recently, LSBU Vice Chancellor, Professor David Phoenix, shared with FE Week why the introduction of Year 14 at South Bank UTC has proven to be such a success.

He wrote:

“Extending up” to year 14 creates a distinctive five-year programme much closer to the German model, enabling pupils to enter the workplace with a level 4 qualification or to complete a degree in two years.

Any UTC could provide a year 14, but major challenges are there for those without a strong university partnership, including funding, teaching capacity and course restrictions.

That’s how our partnership enables us to go the extra mile and offer students new learning choices.

The benefits of “extending up to year 14” are huge. For pupils, it provides free access to a higher technical qualification without

moving their institution or home and an accessible route to level 4 without committing to a full degree programme.

For UTCs it offers a unique point of difference to other providers by enabling them to provide an easier transition from school into higher level technical education.

And South Bank UTC’s recruitment is strong this year, with 149 enrolled pupils in year 12.

Finally, for the government, this model helps fill gaps in the UK education system that contribute hugely to skills shortages.

Let’s recognise the importance of specialist institutions and start extending up – not just down.

Click here for the full article.

News updates

Bridget Shield, Emeritus Professor of Acoustics awarded an MBEProfessor Shield was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, for her services to acoustic science and inclusion in science and engineering.

As well as her pioneering work in the field, Professor Shield has encouraged women into science and engineering, building a path for the next generation. Professor Shield spent almost 30 years teaching at the School of the Built Environment and Architecture before retiring in 2014.

As well as being course director of the MSc in Environmental and Architectural Acoustics for many years, she also co-founded LSBU’s Women in Engineering Centre.

TES FE Awards 2021 – Lambeth College shortlisted for two awardsThe Teaching and Learning and ESOL department of Lambeth College were shortlisted in the following two categories for this year’s Times Educational Supplement (TES) FE awards.

• ‘Best Teaching & Learning Initiative’• ‘Support for Learners’

While we didn’t win, it was great to be shortlisted and for our work on Continuous Professional Development for teaching staff by the T&L team and for the ESOL Work Experience project for 16- to 18-year-old students to be recognised externally.

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Pioneering Group model featured in Times Higher EducationIn an interview with the Times Higher Education (THE), our Vice-Chancellor Dave Phoenix describes how Lambeth College became part of the London South Bank University (LSBU) Group, which also includes our 11-19 Academy school, a 14-19 university technical college, and soon the £100 million new London South Bank Technical College.

Dave describes how the decision to form a group was driven by a realisation that “one institution can’t deliver everything” required by the local community and employers. A group structure allows institutions to specialise, but under a single strategy and mission – one that is “place based” for South London – without losing the focus on further education that happens in some mergers with universities, he added.

The structure also creates different learning pathways for students according to whether they see their strengths in classroom-based, more applied or non-classroom learning, aiming to “empower the individual and give them choice rather than putting people in a position where they are made to feel a failure” and our aim is to “get an equity across the different forms of education”.

£1.7million grant funds world-first LSBU e-cigarette trial to help the homeless to quit smoking The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded a £1.7 million grant to LSBU to conduct a trial looking at whether e-cigarettes could help people experiencing homelessness to quit smoking.

The research project is led by Lynne Dawkins, Professor of Nicotine and Tobacco Studies from the Centre for Addictive Behaviours Research at LSBU’s School of Applied Sciences, and Dr Sharon Cox, Senior Research Fellow at UCL’s Department of Behavioural Science and Health.

Around 70% of people who are homeless smoke tobacco – far higher than the UK average of 14.1%. E-cigarettes are the most popular method used in a smoking quit attempt, with some studies suggesting they are more helpful than nicotine gum or patches and much less harmful than smoking tobacco. For people on low or no income, however, the price of a starter kit using refillable liquid is as high as £20 upwards. LSBU researchers have set up this trial to find out whether supplying free e-cigarette starter kits at centres for people experiencing homelessness could help to combat this problem.

Report: No Barriers to Brilliance, second virtual LSBU Group ConferenceLSBU Group’s annual staff conference took place this June bringing staff together from all the member institutions, including for the first time, staff from the Cairo operation.

Despite another period of nationwide restrictions in the UK the conference proceeded, albeit in a virtual format, which actually resulted in a conference that was both vibrant and inclusive.

Putting it together

Planning for this year’s conference got underway in earnest in January 2021 when staff in the Organisational Development Team put a shout-out for local organisers to establish a working group which would take charge of conference objectives and planning. Representatives from the College, University and the Academies quickly got to work evaluating the previous conference and brainstorming their vision for what a compelling conference programme might look like – one that would inspire staff members across all teams working in the Group.

No Barriers to Brilliance

The group all agreed that this year’s staff conference needed a title that would help communicate our Group’s vision for the delivery of inclusive education for all and ideally one that encapsulated our purpose. The strapline used by the Philanthropy and Fundraising arm of the group, ‘No Barriers to Brilliance’ was selected not only because it reflected and summarised the achievements of the talented students we all work so hard to enable, but also for its added resonance for staff this year, given the barriers and hurdles many of us have had to navigate in our daily lives and delivery.

The five days of scheduled sessions that emerged from the request for conference presentations were all in some way aligned to at least one of our four Corporate Pillars:

• Access to Opportunity • Student Success• Real World Impact and• Fit for The Future

Highlights from each of the days included sessions on:

Day 1: VC opening address; Taking control of your personal finances; Power walking; Sustainability; Co-creating success with students and employers; and Laughter Yoga!

Day 2: Student development; AULA; Intro to Polish; Arts and creative activities led by the nursing school to celebrate arts and creativity on the theme of Learning Disability Week, which coincided with the conference week; degree apprenticeships; and Fake News.

Day 3: Online pedagogy; Intro to Arabic; Empowering with blended learning; connect with nature (photo prize); Move4Health, Allyship; and the Group’s learning communities.

Day 4: Leveraging opportunities in the post-Covid-19 ‘new-normal’.

Day 5: Exec Q&A; a virtual tour of our impressive new LSBU Active facilities; and stress-busting yoga.

Delivering on our promise

Echoing statements made in the Vice-Chancellor's opening address, the conference created an opportunity for staff from every discipline and corner of the group to share in or showcase the incredible range of work that is taking place across the LSBU Group.

Many of the presentations demonstrated that as an integrated and unified Group we are now very much focused on outputs and the delivery of excellence in our interventions – whether they be pedagogical, research, corporate services or student support.

Whilst previous opportunities to gather and confer may have been weighted towards planning and communicating vision, ‘No Barriers to Brilliance’ was about sharing and learning from each other what it takes to deliver on our mission to deliver an outstanding educational experience and enable the potential of learners wherever they are on their educational journey.

“It was great to see so many colleagues across the LSBU Group participate and support their colleagues who were leading sessions. It was clear to see how much work and energy session leads put in to develop their session in an informative and engaging way. Thank you for taking the time to deliver such excellent sessions.” LSBU Colleague

LSBU Group’s Speak-Up Policy – providing advice and guidance when you suspect misconductThe Group’s Speak-Up Policy has now been published, which provides staff, students, parents of younger learners and our business partners guidance on how to raise concerns if they suspect a breach of our values, the law, or any of our policies.

The LSBU Group is committed to conducting all its affairs with integrity, fairness and lawfulness, whilst respecting our EPIIC values of:

• Excellence • Professionalism • Integrity • Inclusivity • Creativity

How to report and support available

As well as guidance on what can/can’t be reported, the policy sets out the support and protection measures available to staff who report concerns.

There will be no penalty for anyone raising concerns in good faith about suspected misconduct.

If you make an allegation in good faith, but it is not confirmed by subsequent investigation, no action will be taken against you. Any form of threat or retaliation will not be tolerated. Retaliation is treated as a disciplinary matter. The LSBU Group takes the welfare of its staff seriously and is committed to supporting staff who speak up. We provide a confidential and free-of-charge Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support you with a wide range of advice ranging from emotional support to work and personal life issues.

For staff members who wish to report a concern, the first point of contact is usually your line manager. However, it could also be a Group HR professional.

Students are encouraged to raise any concerns about misconduct through the relevant complaints procedure in place within each of the Group’s institutions or if on a placement, through the host institution’s complaints process.

For full details, please refer to the LSBU Group Speak-Up Policy.

If you genuinely believe that a matter cannot be dealt with through the available channels set out above, you can use the external Speak-Up reporting line run by Safecall, an independent third party, and is available 24/7, 365 days a year via:

Phone: 0800 915 1571 (free call) Email: lsbu@safecall.co.uk Online: www.safecall.co.uk/report

Philanthropy and Fundraising successes

The impacts of the events of 2020/21 have clearly created widespread difficulties worldwide. However, the effects of Covid-19, as well as the amplification of the Black Lives Matter campaign, have created focus on the long-standing inequalities experienced by minority ethnic communities, particularly BAME groups.

The LSBU Group’s commitment to the provision of inclusive education, as well as our ambitious goals in this area, have been further cemented by the announcement of major bursary/scholarship funding being made available for BAME and Muslim applicants.

Both awards have impending closing dates for applications, so please ensure that you inform anyone who might be able to benefit from these as soon as possible.

Chancerygate Foundation

The Chancerygate Foundation is offering up to £180k for black and minority ethnic students to study at LSBU as the first step into the property sector. The programme will support six students with £10,000 a year for their living expenses for three-year LSBU chartered surveying courses which lead to Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accreditation.

With only 1.6% of RICS professionals in the UK, the programme supports LSBU’s work with the Bridge Group on increasing diversity in the UK’s property industry.

The not-for-profit Chancerygate Foundation was established in 2020 to create an inclusive and diverse UK real estate sector where people from disadvantaged black and minority ethnic backgrounds can succeed.

Closing date for applications: Friday 20 August 2021

Aziz Foundation Scholarship

We are proud to be one of the Preferred Partners for the Aziz Foundation Scholarships Programme, which offers 100% tuition fee Masters scholarships to support British Muslims to study at UK universities. The scholarships are aimed at those who wish to advance in their careers and bring positive change to their communities and beyond.

The aim is to support emerging leaders who have a high level of commitment to the community as well as the aspirations to lead and inspire in their respective field.

Scholarships will only be awarded to British Muslims studying at postgraduate level on the following courses in the 2021/22 academic year:

• LLM Crime and Litigation• LLM International Commercial Law• LLM International Development Law

and Human Rights• LLM Law Conversion Course (CPE)• MA Town and Country Planning• MA Urban Design and Planning• MA Leading Social Change

Closing date for applications: Friday, 16 July 2021

LSBU Group staff eventsTrailblazing Women On and Off ScreenMonday 12 - Tuesday 13 July

An international conference of masterclasses and panel discussions featuring incredible guest speakers to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic film ‘Thelma & Louise’. To see the full schedule of events, please see our event programme below.

https://trailblazingwomenonandoffscreen.eventbritestudio.com/

Innovating in MidwiferyTuesday 13 July, 5pm-7pm

Find out about LSBU’s exciting new partnership with Health Foundry as we explore innovation in midwifery.

https://lsbu-health-foundry-innovation-in-midwifery.eventbrite.co.uk

International Non-Binary People’s Day event

LGBTQ+ Thought Leaders: Creating your own personal brand ft. Jamie Windust

Wednesday 14 July, 5pm-6:30pm

This is a fantastic event for anyone looking to explore and develop their own personal brand. The topics covered will include:

• Allowing trans/non-binary people to explore their loves and passions and not to be limited by their identity

• How to navigate social media

• Expectation vs reality - What cisgender people need to know about trans/non-binary lives, and what should be ‘expected’ of them (and what shouldn’t)

https://lsbu-non-binary-peoples-day-jamie-windust.eventbrite.co.uk

Fighting for Justice: Families, communities and solidarity networks against state harms and violence

Thursday 15 July, 9:45am-4:15pm

A space to discuss experiences, forms of protest and collective action that demand truth, accountability, policy reform, reparation or criminalisation of state inflicted harms.

https://lsbu-fighting-for-justice.eventbrite.co.uk

How Bangladesh Got To 50 - South Asian Heritage Month at LSBU

Wednesday 28 July, 2pm-3pm

• Did you know that Bangladesh was once part of a larger region that was the richest in the world and that Dhaka was its capital?

• Did you know that Bengalis had a referendum, similar to Britain’s Brexit referendum? But that the result wasn’t fully adopted?

• Did you also know that Bengalis are one of the few peoples to have shed blood for their language, more than once?

Find out more about Bangladesh with EquiNet - LSBU’s Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and Allies staff network - and our guest speaker, Amit Dev, Editor of The British Bengalis.

https://lsbu-bangladesh-50-south-asian-heritage-month.eventbrite.co.uk