Professor Jadon Arday

Professor Arday is the 2002 Professorial Chair in the Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest black person ever appointed to a professorship at Cambridge.

Jason is a Visiting Professor at The Ohio State University in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Glasgow in the School of Education and an Honorary Professor at Durham University in the Department of Sociology.

He is a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust, the UK's leading Race Equality Thinktank and the British Sociological Association (BSA). Jason sits on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) National Advisory Panel, the NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group and the ITV Cultural Advisory Council.

Professor Arday's research focuses on the areas of race and higher education, intersectionality and education, mental health and education, neurodiversity and cultural studies.

Rachel Clarke

Rachel is a senior lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University and an anti-racist consultant. Having been inspired by her grandmother, Betty Campbell, the first black headteacher in Wales, Rachel also became an educator, working as a deputy headteacher, based in London.

Rachel has used her cross-generational insights to shape training and development for educators, working on the Welsh Government funded DARPL (Diversity and Anti-Racism Learning) programme.

Connor Allen

Connor Allen is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and former Children's Laureate Wales (2021-2023). He is Associate Artist of his hometown theatre The Riverfront in Newport and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from University of South Wales.

Connor has written for BBC Wales, BBC Radio 4, Wales Millennium Centre, Sherman Theatre, Dirty Protest, and others, and is a former member of The Hay Festival Writers at Work scheme, the BBC Wales Welsh Voices and The Welsh Royal Court writing groups.

His work is heavily inspired by elements of his own life including grief, love, masculinity, identity and ethnicity. Connor's debut poetry collections Dominoes (For general audiences) and Miracles (For children) were published in 2023 by Lucent Dreaming.

Dr. Paul Redmond

Dr Paul Redmond, author, keynote speaker, employment guru, is one of the UK's leading experts on generational change and future of work. Paul helps individuals acquire the skills and knowledge to thrive in today's multi-workplace.

Currently the Director of Student Experience and Enhancement at the University of Liverpool, Paul's research into 'Generation Z', the post-Covid world of work, the rise of 'Zombie Jobs' (the theme of his recent TED talk), techniques for building excellent inter-generational communications, and 'Helicopter Parents' has garnered him praise and respect from a range of national and international organisations.

Paul is the author of numerous books, reports and studies, including the best-selling 'The Graduate Jobs Formula', and the highly popular diary column for the UK's 'Institute of Student Employers' magazine. Paul is currently working on his new book, 'The Rise of the Zombie Jobs' - which will reveal, for the first time, those jobs and careers that are most likely to be lost to AI and robotics - and those that (for now) are likely to be safe.

In recognition of his writing and research, Paul was awarded a Fellowship of the British Royal Society of Arts.