Friend of the podcast Paulette Williams joined us to talk about the recent history of widening participation in UK Higher education, founding Leading Routes and her ambitions for #PathstoUniversity and #BlackInAcademia as way to help strengthen the academic lifecycle for Black African and Caribbean students.

Useful links/reading –
https://leadingroutes.org 
https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-political-whiteness-of-metoo/

*Our use of ‘towards a more sociable sociology’ was inspired by our reading & studying of Migrant City by Les Back, Shamser Sinha, Charlynne Bryan, Vlad Baraku & Mardoche Yembi.

*For an audible introduction to Sociable Sociology check out this podcast with Les Back and Charlynne Bryan posted by Mark Carrigan -https://soundcloud.com/mark-carrigan/les-back-on-sociable-sociology

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E045 Paulette Williams: Widening participation, Leading Routes & #BlackinAcademia

Hear from one of our key note speaker- Bernadine Idowu- Onibokun

Black in Academia Live:
Highlights from Black in Academia LIVE. This was our two-night academic festival with special guest talks from your favourite Black academics discussing all things academia with lively conversation and debates.

Disrupting the Discourse:
This is a mini-sode with a student who took part in our Disrupting the Discourse portion of the evening. Each student takes to the stage and showcases their own academic credentials and research interests.

Disclaimer: 
Although we support and encourage interdisciplinary and dynamic scholarship amongst academics and students, the variety of opinions and viewpoints shared at our events do not necessarily reflect the direction and ethos of the Leading Routes organisation.

Leading routes

E012 The Leading Routes Podcast: Black in Academia Live 2019 (Bernadine Idowu- Onibokun)

Hear some amazing poetry from JJ Bola!

Black in Academia Live:
Highlights from Black in Academia LIVE. This was our two-night academic festival with special guest talks from your favourite Black academics discussing all things academia with lively conversation and debates.

Disrupting the Discourse:
This is a mini-sode with a student who took part in our Disrupting the Discourse portion of the evening. Each student takes to the stage and showcases their own academic credentials and research interests.

Disclaimer: 
Although we support and encourage interdisciplinary and dynamic scholarship amongst academics and students, the variety of opinions and viewpoints shared at our events do not necessarily reflect the direction and ethos of the Leading Routes organisation.

E014 The Leading Routes Podcast: Black in Academia Live 2019 (JJ Bola)

Leading Routes is a pioneering initiative that aims to prepare the next generation of Black academics.  Check out interviews and talks from our live events which provide information on accessing higher education - from undergraduate to postgraduate research!

E012 The Leading Routes Podcast: Black in Academia Live 2019 (Bernadine Idowu- Onibokun)

Leading Routes

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