As part of the Black History Year programme, the University will be hosting an event with Dr Doirean Wilson.
Academic and Diversity expert, Dr Doirean Wilson, shares insight into her career-life journey and the critical learning experiences of racism endured along the way – as a Black Briton born to parents who arrived in the UK from the Caribbean during the Windrush era.
Doirean describes how these critical experiences became drivers of her career success, thus earning her recognition nationally and internationally for her area of expertise.
About the speaker
Dr Doirean Wilson is a multiple award-winning diversity expert and HRM Senior Lecturer (Diversity Practice and Community Engagement), at Middlesex University Business School London. As Diversity Lead, Doirean successfully led the University’s application for a Gold-Embedded UK Investors in Equality & Diversity (UKIED) Charter Mark in 2018, which resulted in Middlesex University becoming the first University to be given this award.
Dr Wilson is currently a member of the University’s Race Equality Charter Mark application Self-Assessment Team. She is also a Visiting Professor of Religion and Multiculturalism and was recently commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Service to assist in its quest to improve cultural awareness and procedural justice at the Met.
Her former roles include being:
- A tabloid journalist for West Indian World newspaper
- A television presenter for BVTV, one of the first Black cable TV television production companies in the UK
- A manager of five government-funded community projects aimed at addressing the under-representation of members of the BAME community across industries
Her voluntary roles include being:
- Chair of the Nubian Jak (commemorative) Community Trust
- Patron for WEST (Wilkes Education Scholarship Trust)
- Diversity Advisory Member for GUBA (Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards)
She is also a member of the Academy of Management Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Doirean holds Postgraduate Certificates in Management Studies and Further Education, a Master’s degree in HRM, and a Doctorate in Professional Practice. She is a CIPD Chartered Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Institute of Spirituality in Economics and Society, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Doirean is a former Lyricist for Cougar Records and a commissioned artist who has had her paintings exhibited in the Maria Azumpta Centre in Kensington, the Round Chapel in Hackney, Middlesex University Business School London, and the Bank of England, London.
