Samina Khan
Director
I have been working in post 16 Education since 1985. I have mainstream teaching experience as a Biology lecturer in FE in Manchester for 3 years and since 1988 to date I have worked with Ethnic Minority Communities. I took up post in Cardiff as a Community Education Officer in January 1990, as Manager of the ESOL Service in 1996, Head of Essential Skills in 2002, and As Achievement Leader in 2011. Due to transfer of Essential Skills into the Cardiff and Vale College in 2013, assumed a new role as Community Liaison and Development Manager since January 2014. From January 2017 my role is new role is Equality Diversity and Community Development Manager.
I was a member of the independent “Life in the United Kingdom” Advisory Group-chaired by Sir Bernard Crick, set up to advise the Home Secretary on the method, conduct and implementation of a “Life in the UK” naturalisation test. I was appointed as a member of the public Advisory Board for Naturalisation Integration and chair of ABNI Wales sub-group from 2005-2008 to implement the recommendations of the Crick Committee. As a member of the ESOL Advisory Group for DfES-Welsh Assembly, I have been involved in the development of the ESOL policy for Wales, published in June 2014.
Over the years I have been involved in a range of partnerships working locally, across Wales and nationally across the UK. Currently I am Vice chair of Race Equality First, Co-chair of the Cardiff Prevent Stakeholder Group, a member of the Board of directors for Wales Migration Partnership, Management Board of UK centre for Islam- Cardiff University, National Challenge Panel (PREVENT), Channel Partnership- Cardiff and Management Committee of Welsh Asian Women’s Achievement Awards. Safer and Cohesive Communities’ Network- C3SC, Remembering Srebrenica- Wales Regional Board, Muslim Women and Young people’s committee, BAME Health Access group, Cardiff Police and Community Cohesion, Cardiff University Special Interest Group- Ethnic Minorities.
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