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From doctoral study to professorship, academic careers are rarely linear. This intergenerational conversation explores the evolving threads that shape ESEA scholars’ journeys: heritage and migration, identity and belonging, mentorship and mutual aid, barriers and breakthroughs. Together, the panel will consider how we can honour what we inherit, challenge what constrains us, and weave more equitable futures in higher education.

They will share their insights and experiences, exploring the barriers, breakthroughs, achievements, and everything in between. From visibility and representation to leadership and belonging, this is a space for open dialogue and genuine reflection.

The panel will be chaired by Professor Cindy Chew. 

Cindy Chew is a Consultant Radiologist, Honorary Professor and Director of Imaging and Anatomy at the University of Glasgow. She is Immediate Past President of the Scottish Radiological Society and President-Elect of the Radiology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.

She is a Fellow of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology and her national work spans radiology workforce planning, postgraduate and undergraduate education, clinical standards and health policy. She serves on Scotland’s Diagnostic Specialty Training Board and has held national roles with the Royal College of Radiologists and NICE. She has a particular interest in developing sustainable diagnostic capacity through workforce development, education, quality improvement and better use of existing NHS infrastructure.

Panellists

Dr Kevin Leomo (he/him) is a Scottish-Filipino sound artist, researcher, curator, and activist. He is the Co-Director of Creatives of Colour. Kevin sits on the Strategic Advisory Board for the Anti-Racism Observatory for Scotland and the Black Workers’ Committee for the Scottish Trades Union Congress. He leads the sound art collective Sound Thought, is a board member for the Scottish Music Centre, and is on the Musicians’ Union Regional Committee for Scotland & Northern Ireland. Kevin works as the Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement Specialist for the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Glasgow.

 Yidan Hu is currently a PhD candidate in theatre studies at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include theatre history, theatre translation, and cross-border theatre. She holds a MA in translation studies and has provided translation services for IOHA (The Institute of Human Anatomy) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). In parallel with her academic research, she is also an active practitioner and organiser in the field of intercultural performance. As a founding member and current organiser of the UofG Peking Opera Society, she has curated exhibitions at the university’s Advanced Research Centre and directed public performances at Websters Theatre in Glasgow, aiming to foster critical dialogue between Chinese operatic forms and contemporary global audiences.

Whether you're navigating your own path in HE or committed to making it more inclusive, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. There will be a networking opportunity with refreshments following the panel discussion. We look forward to welcoming you there.

Abie Soroño is a Philippine-born community and cultural engagement curator and producer based in Glasgow, working at the intersection of research, arts and underrepresented communities through cross-disciplinary programming, inclusive community outreach and collaborative partnerships.

She is the founder of FeministAI.org, which led to her invitation onto the artist commissions reviewing panel for BRAID UK, deciding grant recipients for the Tipping Point exhibition as part of Edinburgh Festivals 2025. She is also co-director and co-founder of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) Creatives Scotland, and producer of Scotland's first festival dedicated to ESEA creatives.

She currently serves as Gifford Committee Clerk in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow, and has recently worked as Festival Officer at Glasgow International. She helped deliver Creatives of Colour Festival in 2025, and her research and practice continue to draw on lived experience to serve displaced diasporic communities in pursuit of social justice.

Dr Nai Rui Chng

I am interested in how we can create equitable and sustainable solutions for the flourishing of people, animals and the environment in our planet. I approach this work via three intersecting areas: 1) One Health; 2) Complex Interventions; and 3) Co-production.

My research brings the methodology of complex interventions to bear on the challenges of One Health, working from the premise that problems spanning human, animal and environmental health are complex — they emerge from many interacting parts and depend on the behaviour and buy-in of a wide range of interest-holders. Rather than asking only whether an intervention works, I ask for whom it works, under what conditions, and how. Central to this is co-production: I design and evaluate programmes in partnership with the communities living with a problem, treating them as partners in understanding it rather than as subjects to be studied. Through participatory and developmental methods, I try to ensure that One Health interventions are not only effective but reach the people and places too often left behind.

Professor Jen Ang

Jen Ang is Founding Director of Lawmanity, a project that aims to tackle inequalities in the law by working with people-led movements to secure positive change.

She is an experienced human rights lawyer and activist, qualified to practice in Scotland, England and Wales, and New York State. She is a legal expert on immigration and asylum, violence against women and girls, children’s rights, and on the rights of survivors of torture and trafficking.

Jen is also Professor in Practice at the University of Glasgow School of Law’s GO Justice Centre, building legal clinical opportunities for students in social justice spaces.  Jen believes in making legal education open and accessible to all.

This is a Ferguson Bequest funded event hosted by the Global Majority Network and the Equality and Diversity Unit