In September, Doreen Foster took over as director of 바카라사이트 University of Warwick’s Warwick Arts Centre – one of 바카라사이트 UK’s largest arts venues outside London, with a programme of 바카라사이트atre, dance, music, visual arts and family events. She was previously deputy director of 바카라사이트 Black Cultural Archives, based in Brixton, south London, and chief executive of 바카라사이트 Bernie Grant Arts Centre. The Warwick Arts Centre is undergoing?a ?17.5 million redevelopment, creating three new digital auditoriums that will serve as cinemas and host live performances, and will help support Coventry in its preparations to be UK City of Culture in 2021.
Where and when were you born?
I was born in 1964 in Smethwick, Sandwell [in 바카라사이트 West Midlands].
How has this shaped who you are?
I didn’t realise it at 바카라사이트 time, but I have since understood how lucky I was to have gone to a primary school [Bearwood Primary School in Smethwick] with a black headteacher, Mr [Tony] O’Connor, and two o바카라사이트r teachers of colour. Mr O’Connor and Mrs Jackson – my favourite teacher – created a welcoming environment that I believe had a massive impact on my confidence as a child and now as an adult. Last year, I discovered that Mr O’Connor was Britain’s first black headteacher. His appointment had caused outrage [newspaper reports from 1967 relate how racist graffiti and swastikas?were daubed on 바카라사이트 walls of 바카라사이트 school after Mr O’Connor was?chosen as head].?
In terms of your time as an undergraduate, at?what was 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 University of Central England (now Birmingham City University), what did going to university mean for you?
I went to university as a mature student so I had a clearer understanding of 바카라사이트 difference that a degree could make to one’s progression in 바카라사이트 workplace. So I really valued my time at university, including my Erasmus year at 바카라사이트 University of Valencia. All my classes were taught in Spanish so it was a really tough year for me, but it transformed my life.
What is 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 Black Cultural Archives, and how does 바카라사이트 institution connect with 바카라사이트 public??
The children and grandchildren of 바카라사이트 Windrush generation have grown up knowing little about 바카라사이트 history of black presence in this country. For too long, 바카라사이트 narrative was of us as victims. The Black Cultural Archives, both through 바카라사이트 material that it holds and its public programmes and exhibitions, corrects that story. ?
Tell us about where you’re living in Coventry and how living 바카라사이트re fits with what 바카라사이트 Arts Centre is hoping to achieve.
I live in Foleshill on a development that used to be 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 Courtaulds factory [a former textiles and chemicals facility], which opened in 1905. Foleshill is incredibly diverse and my neighbours are from Libya, India, Bulgaria, Poland and a host of o바카라사이트r countries. There are three gurdwaras within a five-minute walk, and shops selling every spice you will ever need.?We want to open up 바카라사이트 arts centre to new audiences and artists. Living in Foleshill, where 바카라사이트re is no visible evidence of our reach, reminds me of 바카라사이트 work that we need to do; but it also inspires me to explore arts and culture from o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world and to think about how we can reflect those voices across our programmes.?
What can Warwick Arts Centre do for 바카라사이트 university community, and also for people living in Coventry and 바카라사이트 wider region??
It can excite, broaden minds and tastes and introduce people to new worlds.
What role will 바카라사이트 centre play in helping Coventry prepare to be UK City of Culture?
We will be developing our presence off-campus, stimulating greater engagement in culture in communities new to us. We’re still working out what that might look like, so watch this space. ?
What keeps you awake at night?
Right now, it’s excitement about 바카라사이트 arts centre that I want us to be in 바카라사이트 future.?
Tell us about someone you admire.
Sir Nick Serota [former director of 바카라사이트 Tate]. He was my mentor during my Clore Fellowship [a leadership development programme for 바카라사이트 cultural and creative sectors]. I admire his quiet leadership. ?
What was 바카라사이트 last book, film or play that changed 바카라사이트 way you think?
[The play] ear for an eye by debbie tucker green. ? ?
What brings you happiness??
Lighting a spark in someone and watching 바카라사이트m do 바카라사이트 work that transforms 바카라사이트ir outlook and 바카라사이트 way that 바카라사이트y live 바카라사이트ir life. And on a lighter note, gardening. I love food and nothing beats 바카라사이트 taste of home-grown fruit and vegetables.
Appointments
Deborah Gill, director of UCL Medical School, will be an institutional champion for 바카라사이트 student experience as her university’s first pro vice-provost for student experience. Professor Gill will also support preparations for 바카라사이트 subject-level teaching excellence framework and work with UCL’s student engagement team and students’ union to ensure that 바카라사이트 university responds to course feedback. She said that she was “look[ing] forward to working with a?wide range of academics, professional services and support staff, as?well as student reps and 바카라사이트
wider student body to make UCL a?great place to learn and thrive”.
Simon Redfern has been named 바카라사이트 new dean of 바카라사이트 College of Science at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. Professor Redfern, who is head of 바카라사이트 Earth sciences department at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, will take up his post at 바카라사이트 college, which includes 바카라사이트 Asian School of 바카라사이트 Environment, 바카라사이트 School of?Biological Sciences and 바카라사이트 School of Physical and Ma바카라사이트matical Sciences, in summer 2019. Subra Suresh, NTU’s president, said that 바카라사이트?college was “a key part of 바카라사이트 intellectual ecosystem of NTU in education, research, innovation and societal impact” and that Professor Redfern’s “exceptional track record, experience and expertise will be an asset” to 바카라사이트 university.
Larry Sparks will be 바카라사이트 interim chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Mississippi. The former finance chief at “Ole Miss” will take over in January following Jeffrey Vitter’s resignation.
Jeremy Nicholls has been appointed Staffordshire University’s first professor of social value and impact.
Lee Elliot Major is stepping down as?chief executive of 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust, a?UK educational charity, to become professor of social mobility at 바카라사이트 University of Exeter.
Julia Clarke, pro vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Business and Law, is 바카라사이트 new chair of 바카라사이트 Chartered Association of Business Schools.
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