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The Being You Hub

The Being You Hub

As part of the Being You Network, we are also proud to host The Being You Hub, a place for underrepresented and under-resourced professionals and academics in Higher Education to connect with likeminded people, to seek advice and support for their career pathways.  

Often, individuals want to connect with someone they identify with for advice on an application or support with interview skills. This can be particularly helpful for individuals with protected characteristics to get advice and feedback from others with shared lived experiences.   

There are already many valuable resources and networks for individual protected characteristics and at BNU we are proud to add value to this space with the 'Being You' Hub, an intersectional space for people with protected characteristics to meet advocates, allies, mentors, and coaches in Higher Education who they can simply reach out too for career advice. 

Below is a list of HE professionals in our Being You Hub. Please use the contact form below to get in touch.

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Dr Christopher D. Lewis SFHEA
  • Director of Education (Creative and Digital Industries)
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Sandy Gill
  • Head of Transformation
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Charmain Clayton
  • Community Engagement Officer
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Andy Davies
  • International Student Support Adviser
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Nicky Wilson
  • HR Business Partner - Organisational Development

Would you like to be a Being You Hub Advocate? 

Please use this form to share your details and we will upload them to the Being You Hub.

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Contact us

Terms of reference 

  • The Being You hub is a network of HEI professionals with the goal to support fellow HEI professionals with protected characteristics to progress in their careers. 
  • The Being You Hub connections are based on a relationship of mutual respect, professional trust and integrity. Individuals will have respect for one another’s time. Meetings and connections are informal and guidance offered is predominantly experiential.  
  • By agreeing to be a point of contact for fellow HEI professionals you agree for Buckinghamshire New University to publish and host information you provide  
  • Being You Hub members will attend one introductory session to outline how you can engage with one another in a supportive and trusting manner.  
  • Buckinghamshire New University will do its best to connect individuals and does not take responsibility for meetings or guidance provided to individuals.