Black History Year Researchers Network: Amplifying Black Scholarship

The Vitae award-winning Black History Year Researchers Network invites you to join us for our annual conference, themed 'Amplifying Black Scholarship'. The conference will showcase the breadth, depth and impact of research being undertaken by Black scholars at the University of Westminster, shining a light on exceptional contributions from inspiring doctoral students to distinguished senior academics.

We aim to bring visibility to the diverse cross-section of work being produced across disciplines while fostering connection, dialogue, and collective learning within our research community.

The event also features several high-profile speakers: Professor Jessica Jones Nielsen, Professor Godfrey Kyazze, Professor Mykaell Riley and Professor Louise Owusu-Kwarteng.Supported by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, Professor Andrew Linn, this event is open to all: researchers, aspiring researchers, those in supporting roles and those simply interested in new scholarly work.

Join us to hear more from a group that has been historically marginalised in higher education

PLEASE NOTE: By participating in this event, delegates acknowledge and grant the right to the University of Westminster to record, film, live stream, photograph, or capture their likeness and to disseminate this without any further approval from, or any payment to the delegate. Black History Year retains all rights in any images. Both recordings and images may be used by the event organisers on their website and social channels.

PLEASE NOTE: Please let us know of any dietary or accessibility requirements by 16 June so we can try our best to accommodate these.

Professor Jessica Jones Nielsen

Jessica is Associate Director (Equity Lab) at the Wellcome Trust, leading evidence-informed work to advance equity in research and innovation. She is also an Honorary Visiting Professor at City St George’s, University of London, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London.

Jessica brings over two decades of experience driving systems change across higher education and health. At City St George’s she established the Office for Institutional Equity & Inclusion and led delivery of the University’s EDI strategy, embedding equity indicators, monitoring and evaluation, and data-driven accountability across education, research and governance.

An experienced researcher and practitioner, Jessica has expertise in quantitative and qualitative methods, programme evaluation, knowledge mobilisation, and community-based participatory research. She has secured and delivered large externally funded programmes focused on health and workforce inequities, translating evidence into practical toolkits, training resources, and policy recommendations.

Jessica takes particular pride in mentoring and ushering the next generation of Black academics, researchers, and clinicians; creating pathways, strengthening confidence and capability, and supporting others to lead with impact.

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