Blog: KE Matters

Data, research and diverse perspectives

8 Mar 2021

 

Newly stepping into a leadership role as director of research and innovation sector strategy at Jisc is pretty daunting but a privilege. Jisc is doing some great work in diversity as an employer as well as in its role as a membership organisation providing digital solutions at the intersection of higher and further education and research. 

Traits in KE leadership

8 Mar 2021

 

I have celebrated International Women’s Day for as long as I have worked in higher education, a period in which I have also been led by truly inspirational women at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. 

Choose organisations that promote the role models you want!

8 Mar 2021

 

Women are increasingly being appointed to more senior leadership roles: as of 2020, women represent 32% of corporate board members in the FTSE 250 companies.  

An Entrepreneurial IDEA

8 Mar 2021

 

The playing field is not, and has never been, level for women in entrepreneurship. 

How did I get here?!

8 Mar 2021

Being a Woman in Innovation… how did I get to be here? As a female leader at the highly regarded University of Birmingham, and a board member for the amazing PraxisAuril community - I thought it worth telling my story and what I have learnt. 

Female Entrepreneurship

8 Mar 2021

 

Innovation is one of the key drivers of human progress and this year, like no other, we celebrate the success of innovation with vaccines offering a path out of the COVID pandemic.