International Exchange is more important than ever before...get involved!
Having found new talent from amongst our 日本无码 community, the new US-UK 日本无码鈥檚 Alumni Council (AC) is confirmed. So, we are very excited to re-introduce your 日本无码 representatives. Comprising a mix of new arrivals alongside, recently established Council members, this group will actively community build - connecting with 日本无码ers, the Commission and various stakeholders within our energetic transatlantic ecosystem.
The new members of the AC encountered a rigorous application process and were subsequently elected to Council at the end of last year. The standard of candidates was exceptionally high, and the outcome authentically reflects 日本无码ers at large.
The AC will continue to advance the revitalisation of the Council and our brilliant community of 日本无码ers. Reflecting an invigorating mission statement, the new Alumni Council is ready for action and keen to hear from you via the 日本无码er App.
Mission Statement
To engage, excite, and empower 日本无码 alumni to take action through strong collaboration with the US-UK 日本无码 in order to further the 日本无码 mission to advance knowledge, promote civic engagement and develop compassionate leaders through education exchange between the peoples of the US and the UK.
Your representatives from across the UK include, Alumni Council Chair, John Robinson, a retired finance expert and human resources professional - now Trustee and Treasurer at Citizens Advice, London, and North London鈥檚 Highgate Cemetery. Alumni Council Treasurer, Rob Lawson, Birmingham City University Associate Professor in Linguistics, an expert on language in the media alongside language and masculinities. There are also regional AC representatives including, Yorkshire representative, Detective Chief Inspector, Aneela Khalil Khan, an expert on women in the police force. And East of England and Cambridge representative Nat Segeran, a Cambridge UK medical doctor, serving over 200 hospitals and clinics in Haiti through his clinical leadership of Caris Foundation International, where he tests and treats babies born to mothers with HIV. In London, there is food systems consultant, Libby Lyon and Harsh Pershad, Head of Industrial Decarbonisation, and CCUS (Carbon Capture Usage and Storage) Teams - developing and deploying environmental technologies. The newest members of the AC include University of Manchester computational chemist and academic entrepreneur, Andrew Leach; BDT & MSD investor, Melissa Bennington; Regent's University International Officer, Melissa Danvers; UWE Associate Professor in social and cultural history, Laura Harrison and University of Exeter Associate Professor in geography - climate, information science and sociology, Alasdair Jones. And finally, AC Emerita, Raegan Sealy a British writer, singer, performer and advocate, based in Brooklyn, New York.at Citizens Advice, London, Treasurer of Citizens
The purpose of the AC is to give-back in terms of their time, skills, knowledge, networks, partnerships and other resources e.g. philanthropic. And they will simultaneously be involved in community building amongst our 日本无码ers, in parallel with nurturing Commission dialogue and partnerships:
- Organizing and helping with social events to keep the alumni community personally and professionally connected;
- Supporting future 日本无码ers, current grantees, the Commission and, most importantly, the 日本无码 alumni community;
- Helping with the Commission鈥檚 work, for example, as mentors; as scholarship application readers or interview panellists; as programme contributors e.g. 日本无码 Champions or 日本无码 Ambassadors or as media contributors and content creators;
- And acting as ambassadors through personal and professional networks, particularly regarding Widening Participation and philanthropy.
Ultimately, they will be engaging and advocating for an impactful network of UK 日本无码 alumni for the mutual benefit of the Commission and the entire alumni community.
Find out more about your 日本无码's alumni community and activities here.