The Mission of Nelson College is to offer access to higher education to people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, enabling them to transform their lives through the acquisition of the knowledge and skills that they need to succeed in their chosen careers.

This year’s Graduation Ceremony took place at Redbridge Town Hall on the 28th October attended by over 300 people. Those in attendance included Paul Greaves (Chair of Board of Governance), Nazim Uddin (Head of Quality Assurance), Athiqul Islam (Director), Shiraj Islam (Director), Margaret Amakawah (Programme Leader Hospitality Management) and student representative Charles Kasombo.

Ian Fleming has recently retired from the Board of Governance. Dr. Shorful Islam will be joining the Board. He is a co-founder and a Managing Director at Stream Intelligence, a Data and Analytics consultancy, helping clients to solve business problems through the intelligent use of data and analytics. He has extensive knowledge in the area of data and analytics, having worked with many major brands, in helping them measure the effectiveness of their marketing activity and driving business change. Prior to founding Stream Intelligence, Dr. Shorful Islam was a Managing Partner, Data and Insights for Wunderman, a Head of Data at DDB & Tribal DDB, and a Head of Business Information and Customers Data Strategy at ITV. He has also worked across the NHS and Public Sector. Dr. Shorful Islam started his career as a lecturer after completing his PhD in Psychology, his dissertation focusing on predicting accidental injuries in children. He also has a B.Sc. in Psychology and a M.Sc. in Health Psychology. NCL would like to give a warm welcome to Dr. Shorful Islam and wish Ian Fleming all the best with his future plans.

Susan Harris is a certified public accountant and has over 11 years of external and internal audit experience with KPMG both in the US and the UK. She has significant experience working with the higher education, charity and corporate sectors. She currently specialises in the higher education Sector and works across a diverse range of Institutions including Russell Group universities as well as smaller specialised and private universities. Susan Harris joined Nelson College London as an independent member of the Audit Committee.