A one day symposium was held on 22 April at our Medway Campus entitled Inspiring and Encouraging BME Student Transition to Graduate Employment.

The event aimed to enable students to hearing inspiring, informative and encouraging stories of career development from BME role models and to provide a forum for discussion of BME employability issues.

The morning session speakers included:

Trevor R Hall CBE – Executive Vice Chair Windsor Fellowship

Richard Mendez – Head of Employability and Careers Services at the University

Daniel Robinson – Manager of the Reed-ncfe job brokerage and employability support initiative

Ria Popat – Prize Winning Alumnus

Roisin Dunne – Students’ Union Vice President (Education)

Satya Shah – Senior Lecturer in Project and Programme Management

The afternoon involved a round table discussion and workshops involving the speakers and audience which explored the challenges and programme of action.