Pro Vice-Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) and Professor of Diversity at University of Bradford
Uduak Archibong PhD MBE is the Pro Vice-Chancellor [Equality, Diversity and Inclusion], directs the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity and provides strategic oversight for equality, diversity and inclusion [EDI] across the institution. She is a Fellow of the West African College of Nursing and a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. She was listed in the New Year Honours list 2015 and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to higher education and equality.
Recognised as a foremost authority with a sustained, distinguished presence in the field of diversity management, she is currently leading in
setting agenda to drive research, learning and knowledge exchange activities internationally and has published extensively on inclusion and diversity., Informed by over 30 years experience of working in the health and higher education sectors, her academic and professional work has major impacts locally, nationally and globally. She is at the forefront of transforming organisational culture for sustainable diversity and inclusion approaches. She led to completion a major multi-million European Commission funded gender equality research project, GENOVATE, across 7 European Universities and led the EDI elements of a multi-million European Horizon 2020 project, RRING, in collaboration with 20 international partners. She has recently led to completion a portfolio of research on residential segregation, school segregation and factors in hate crime reporting in the city of Bradford as part of the Bradford for Everyone Programme
