Mon,7 Mar 2022

What is the ‘Black Paradox’?

• Introduce the concept of the ‘Black Paradox’ and its impact on society

• Illustrate how the ‘Black Paradox’ plays out across sectors and nations

• Showcase challenges to the ‘Black Paradox’ by nations, regions, sectors, organisations and individuals

• Challenge *Black people and their role in maintaining systemic racism

• Include break-out opportunities for participants to contribute to and influence the debate

• Demonstrate the imperative for collective responsibility and joined-up action to challenge the ‘Black Paradox’

• Identify Key Actions for implementation

Target Audience

All levels of the F/HE system, schools, voluntary, public and private sector and will be of special interest to decision-makers, thought leaders and all who have an interest in creating and sustaining an Anti-racist society.

The Programme

9.45	Conference Lobby
SESSION 1
10.00	Welcome	BFELG
10.05	Opening Message
10.10	BFELG Signature Presentation: Challenging the Black Paradox	Amarjit Basi; Robin Landman OBE
10.30	Panel Discussion (to include questions from chat to the Minister)	Compère: Stella Ngozi Mbubaegbu CBE
	Panellists: Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE, International Leadership Consultant Kirstie Donnelly MBE, Chief Executive, City and Guilds Vaughan Gething MS, Minister of Economy, Wales Robin Ghurbhurun, Managing Director, FE and Skills and HE/FE Member Support and Training, Jisc Kevin Davis, CEO, The Vine Trust Group Alastair Delaney, Deputy Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

11.20	Break	Move to Break out rooms for Roundtables
SESSION 2
11.30	Roundtables/Breakout session –Topic: Collaborative Leadership for Change. Parallel sessions. Up to 35 per group. Google Jamboards will be used to gather feedback	Led by Roundtable Chairs who will give a 5-7 minute mini-presentation then facilitate the topic.
	Roundtable Chairs
	1 Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB): A membership driven collaborative approach to drive forward change	Candace Miller, Managing Director SFJ Awards and NED, FAB
	2 CollegesWales’ role in a national Anti-racism plan for Wales	Guy Lacey, Board Chair, CollegesWales
	3 Media for positive change	Gavin O’Meara, CEO and Head of Digital, FE News
	4 Collaboration with Personal Purpose; Joint Commitment	Matt Atkinson, FE Associates and Hilary Clifford, AoC Services
	5 BLG HE Diagnostic Toolkit (HEART)	Prof David Mba, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of the Arts, London
	6 ETF/BFELG Symposium Report; a demonstration of cross-sector thought leadership on Anti-racism	David Russell, CEO ETF
	7 Influencing collaborative leadership for Anti-racism and why this is important	Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary, NASUWT
	8 Colleges West Midlands’ role in driving Anti-racism in the region	Lowell Williams, CEO, Colleges West Midlands
	9 Inclusive Colleges – The Story Behind the Data	Louise Warde Hunter, Principal and CEO; Gillian Magee, Director of People and Place, Belfast Met
	10 Black governor appointments great. So, what next?	Drew Richardson-Walsh, Director, Education Practice, Peridot Partners; Sardip Kaur Sandhu, Vice Chair, West Nottinghamshire College
	11 Community and Collaboration in support of *Black Apprentices	Emily Austin, Chief Executive, Association of Apprentices
	12 Black Headteachers and collaborative leadership for impact	Patrick Cozier, Headteacher, Highgate Wood School, Haringey
12.15	Plenary Roundtable Chairs to feedback ONE point only (Google Jamboards will be used to capture all contributions)

12.45 – 13.15	Lunch and Networking
SESSION 3
Showcase Presentations:
13.15	Our Anti-racism journey so far	Anthony Bravo, Principal and CEO and David Moir, Deputy Principal, Basingstoke College of Technology
13.30	Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow	Cath Witherington CEO, Voluntary Action Doncaster
13.45	BFELG/Ofsted Shadowing Scheme	Julie Ashton, Ofsted Senior HMI; Gloria Dolan, Retired Ofsted Managing Inspector; Stella Mbubaegbu, BFELG
14.00	Taking action on Race Equality	Lorna Rogers, Assistant Director-Mayoral Programme Delivery and Elaine Bowker, Principal and CEO, The City of Liverpool College
14.15	Cultural Inclusivity: Challenging the assumptions:	Kathryn Robson, CEO, Adult Learning Wales
14.30	Scotland collaborations	Audrey Cumberford OBE FRSE, Principal and CEO, Edinburgh College and Jim Metcalfe, CEO CDN
14.45	Q & A	Compère


SESSION 4
15.15	Provocation: Global Majority Keynote Presentation	Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE
16.00	Conference Close	Stella Ngozi Mbubaegbu CBE BFELG
16.00 – 16.15	Launch of the BLG. This short event will celebrate the achievements of the Black FE Leadership Group (BFELG and launch the Black Leadership Group (BLG)