A professor of Classics and Ancient History from 1965 to 1981, Browning was a member of the Communist Party Historians Group and a famous Hellenist who campaigned against the dictatorship of the Greek Colonels (1947-74) and later served as the chairman of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles. Like Ste Croix, Browning applied a Marxist theory of history to the ancient world. But his approach was different to that of Ste Croix, as was revealed in a review he published in 1983 of Ste Croix’s classic The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek Work (1981). Browning observed that Ste Croix’s book avoided the “kind of sectarian infighting in which some Marxists indulge”, and, as such was “a very English and pragmatic book, which may well infuriate some Marxist readers”. In other words, Browning favoured a more unequivocal Marxist account of historical change, while still contending that “I say a Marxist approach and not the Marxist approach”. Browning was also loyal to the Soviet Union, not only publishing a couple of articles in Russian but also maintaining a “close relationship… with the leading members of the national committees in the eastern bloc, accepting the structure of the academic community in the USSR as he did in politics”.  

Naheed Memon is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Coro Energy Plc and a Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Oracle Power Plc. 
 
She is on the Board of Directors at Coro Energy Plc, Oracle Power Plc, Thatta Cement Co. Ltd. and Kings Apparel Industries (Pvt) Ltd. Ms. Memon was previously employed as a Chairman by Sindh Board of Investment, a Chief Executive Officer by Advicia Consulting Ltd., and a Chief Executive Officer by Manzil Pakistan. 
 
She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Karachi and an MSc Economics degree from Birkbeck. 

Formerly a probation and aftercare officer in Jamaica, becoming a lawyer wasn’t always part of Kevin Gordon’s career plan. Having experienced the concepts of family law firsthand, and then moved to Britain as a social worker, he saw Birkbeck’s evening degree programmes as a ‘light bulb moment.’ He achieved his LLB Law in 2011 and was called to the Bar just two years later. 

Kevin is also a motivated and highly valued mentor on Birkbeck’s Mentoring Pathways programme, which is vital for the development of talented non-traditional law students, helping them get ahead with their careers in the legal sector. “I see myself as a product of good mentoring,” he says, “and it is so important to have someone of whom you can ask questions and not be judged.” 

As well as finding his calling as a barrister, Kevin trained and performed in Jamaica as a contemporary ballet dancer, an experience he has paid forward in London as the lead choreographer and dancer during the annual Miscellany Production and Gray’s Inn. 

Jane Yumiko Ittogi is the wife of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. A lawyer by training, Ittogi left the legal practice to support the local arts and education scenes and engage in community work. To date, Ittogi has served on the boards of the Singapore Art Museum, the National Heritage Board, the National Gallery Singapore, and Lasalle College of the Arts.  

At present, Ittogi is the Chair of Tasek Jurong Limited. A local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Tasek Jurong specialises in providing financial and social support to the socially disadvantaged. These include ex-inmates, youth-at-risk, single parents, the needy and disabled and their families. 

Ittogi later left legal practice to contribute to Singapore’s arts scene. Notably, Ittogi has held several key leadership positions across several landmark arts institutions in Singapore. 

Dr Kevin Teoh is a Chartered Psychologist and the Programme Director of the MSc Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck. He is also the Executive Officer for the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.  

His primary research interests are around developing healthier workplaces, and the translation of research into practice, policy, and public dissemination. Kevin has collaborated extensively with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and the Society of Occupational Medicine and has a particular interest in the working conditions and wellbeing of healthcare workers.  

Kevin has also worked with organizations in the private and public sectors. These projects have primarily been around workplace wellbeing, management training, recruitment and retention, and safety. Kevin has published in journals such as Work & Stress and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and is a regular speaker at academic, professional, and public events.  

A graduate of Birkbeck’s BA Global Politics and International Relations, Lara Bloom is President and CEO of The Ehlers-Danlos Society and responsible for raising global awareness of rare, chronic and invisible diseases, specialising in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, hypermobility spectrum disorders and related disorders.  

As someone with an EDS diagnosis, before joining the Ehlers-Danlos Society Lara ran EDS UK from 2010-2015 and currently works with a range of umbrella organisations lobbying governments internationally. Lara played a key role in the recent international effort to re-classify EDS and create management and care guidelines. She co-authored the subsequent classification publication in the American Journal of Medical Genetics and serves on the steering committee of the International Consortium for EDS and Related Disorders. 

Commemorating ten years in the field of patient advocacy, Lara was appointed a Professor of Practice in Patient Engagement and Global Collaboration at Penn State College of Medicine in 2020.