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A summary of the Research Centre's outputs across publications, ethics submissions, micro research projects and student support during 2024-25.
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Read the latest research centre on college events, initiatives and successes.
A two-hour workshop covering the updated NCL One ethics workflow, common pitfalls in applications, and a live walkthrough of the submission form.
The Research Centre is recruiting student and staff participants for a micro research project examining wellbeing support across higher education settings.
Research Centre Manager Dr Husam Helmi presented findings from NCL's ongoing research into business education pedagogy at the British Academy's 2025 conference.
Three internal funding routes are open for staff this autumn term, covering pilot studies, conference attendance and writing retreats. Applications close 30 November.
The Centre is hosting its annual Student Research Showcase in March 2026 and is inviting poster submissions from all undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Newsletter October 2016
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.
Newsletter February 2016
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.
Newsletter June 2015
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.
Newsletter January 2015
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.
