Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Sometimes it’s easier to find the time to listen to a podcast rather than read a report. If you would like to listen to some of the ‘first steps’ that boards can take before recruitment to start on their path of diversifying their boards please listen to this 19 minute pilot podcast hosted by Lucie Akerman with interviews from experts in the field: Antonio C. Cuyler – Professor and author of ‘Access, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations: Insights from the Careers of Executive Opera Managers of Colour in the US’ and Jonathan Mayes - Head of Strategic Partnerships and Impact at Clore Leadership as well as CEOs and Chairs from arts organisations in Cornwall: Miranda Bird  - Chair at Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Fiona Wootton – Chief Executive at Creative Kernow Group and Paul Inman, Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Acorn Theatre, Penzance and those with lived experience of being a trustee: Evelyn ‘Eggy’ Nicoll.

This podcast was made with the help of interns Evelyn ‘Eggy’ Nicoll and Emma Vowles, thank you to Muhla from Too Much Collective for letting us use your music, and thank you for the technical support from Jordan McClelland and Olga Reed. Thank you to Kerry Taylor and the internships team at Falmouth University and to all those interviewed in person and down the line from the production team: Dr Lucy Frears, Andy Chatfield and Lucie Akerman.

This podcast pilot is funded by the Research Knowledge Exchange Staff Fund at Falmouth University, who also supported the original research in 2022, in partnership with Research England’s Strategic Priorities Fund and Cornwall Council.