The CEO of the Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation, has recently been awarded her Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from the University of Law at the Barbican Centre in London.
Dr. Miranda Brawn who has been globally recognised for her contribution to diversity, charity and law has added yet another feather to her cap after receiving an honorary doctorate of letter from the University of Brighton in July 2017 by Vice Chancellor and CEO, Professor Andrea Nollent.
The multi-award winning businesswoman joins an esteemed line up of previous honorary doctorate awardees, including the Mayor of London. Two other honorary doctorates included Bollywood’s ace actor Shah Rukh Khan and leading QC Guy Beringer CBE who is the Chairman of the Legal Education Foundation and ex-Senior Partner at Allen & Overy Law Firm.
A banker, barrister, and diversity leader by profession, Dr. Brawn has been campaigning for an equal and diverse workforce helping to promote all forms of diversity including race, gender, LGBT+ and disability among others. Her diversity work has also won a ‘Points of Light’ Award from Prime Minister Theresa May, personal praise from HRH Prince Charles of Wales and numerous Mayors from across the UK. In her commencement address during the graduation ceremony, she said-
"There are so many challenges in the world today. My values and work match those of the university's commitments where diversity and inclusion are one of their core values. We are both helping to champion and nurture diversity, equality and inclusion to the highest levels across all sectors to deliver change.”
She also referenced her recent TEDx Women talk in Italy where she had said- “My main message was that we need to come together in order to close the diversity gap. You do not have to be female to speak up for gender diversity or a person of colour to speak up for race diversity, or LGBT, disabled and so on. Men supporting women is important and so is women supporting women.”
The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation have also launched their fourth annual scholarship programme for 2019/20 and the deadline date is 1st July 2019. You can apply via the website www.mbdiversityleadershipfoundation.com. The winners will be announced at history making The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Annual Lecture 2019 on Saturday, 26th October 2019 at the University of Law, London.
