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Intention becomes outcome when alignment is designed rather than assumed. A space and community for that practice, from module to sector.
The intentions–outcomes dilemma is a central tension of contemporary higher education. Government, employers, professional bodies, students, educators, and institutions all have strong ideas about what a degree should produce, and few feel those intentions are being met. Beneath that lies a quieter problem: their intentions often pull in different directions. The practice of student success must be designed for that friction, not in denial of it.
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On 24 June 2026, Dr Karima Brimah (University of Westminster) and I co-hosted From Master’s to PhD: Navigating Your Research… Read more
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An AI policy is not a document. It is a position. A response to Professor Sam Illingworth’s HEPI study on… Read more
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Does your career have a strategy? This question was a paradigm shift for me. Until this question, I didn’t realise… Read more
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SECTOR WORK
MY FUTURE IN STEM
I co-founded My Future in STEM, a cross-career-stage community for STEM researchers and professionals built on honest questions, answers, and connections, i.e., the ‘hidden curriculum’ that is often missing in formal pathways.
BAG NETWORK
I sit on the Steering Committee of the Royal Society of Biology’s Bioscience Awarding Gap (BAG) Network, which develops sector-level practice, resources, and policy to close awarding gaps in bioscience higher education.
MLS Future Forum
I chair the Programme Committee of the Minoritised Life Scientists Future Forum (MLSFF), a STEM-wide network building the connective infrastructure that links equity efforts for underrepresented STEM professionals across disciplines, institutions, funders, and learned societies.
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