Maureen Salmon
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Senior Lecturer
College
London College of Communication
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Biography
Maureen Salmon is an experienced academic leader, knowledge exchange practitioner and postgraduate and professional educator in leadership, entrepreneurship and professional practices. Maureen has an interdisciplinary knowledge exchange practices and is interested in how practice-led research contributes to new knowledge, enriches professionals, industry practice, teaching, and learning. Her practice-led research is fuelled by her industry experience in the cultural creative industries, professional and business education in an international arena. Her research interests are in pan-African diaspora practices, leadership, professional practices, equality diversity, inclusion, arts management and business models.In 2015, Maureen joined University of the Arts London following a successful career in the arts, cultural and third sectors. She has held a number of academic leadership positions at London College of Communication including course co-leader BA Design Management and is currently a senior lecturer for the Design School at London College of Communication. in 2021//2022, she was awarded a Knowledge Exchange Secondment to The Africa Centre.
Maureen has made some strategic interventions to improve post graduate professional education and employability on 7 courses across UAL including EMBA Fashion and MA Arts Culture and Enterprise. She has also designed and delivered programme for industry professionals on behalf of UAL Short Courses.
Maureen contributes strategic academic leadership through committees, working groups and advisory panels on policy development and practices in postgraduate education, social purpose and racial justice, knowledge exchange and internationalism. She is a member of UAL Research and Knowledge Exchange Ethics Committee, LCC Knowledge Exchange Committee, co-chairs Race Equality Charter Student Sub-Group.
Maureen has collaborated with The Africa Centre, M&C Saatchi, Pullman Hotel Kings Cross, Nesta , British Library Business & IP Centre, Creative Industries Federation, Sadler’s Wells, Ambassador Theatre Group, Clore Leadership, Tara Arts and Tomorrow Warriors, d237 , Paris College of Art, NUMA Paris, Antwerp Business School, British Council Senegal Dak'Art Biennale 2016 and 2018.
Maureen has experience of working in Africa. In 2019, Maureen was appointed as a visiting professor of Transformational Leadership at International School of Management (ISM Group) Senegal for contributing strategically to programme development since 2011 and its ambitions as centre of excellence in management and leadership in Africa. As co-chair of the Africa Regional Group she was instrumental in the development of the Africa Strategy and was project leader and author of UAL’s first Africa Symposium, June 2022.
As a knowledge exchange practitioner, Maureen led emi-ijo -heart of dance 2022, storytelling project in collaboration with British Nigerian Storyteller Peter Badejo OBE. She was a researcher to Creative Lenses 2017-1019 , large knowledge exchange project funded by Creative Europe to help make arts and cultural organisations sustainable through business modelling innovation.
Along side her academic work, continue to lead her own agency Freshwaters Consultancy, founded in 2000 an agency to offers fresh thinking, new ideas, perspectives and approaches to helping individuals and organisations create sustainable futures.
Clients have included Heritage Lottery Fund, UAL Short Courses, Arts Council England, Museums Association, National Cultural Foundation Barbados, Walters and Cohen Architects.
Prior to creating Freshwaters, Maureen held a number of senior leadership positions including Executive Director for the Black MBA Association (UK) 2001-2014 and Director of Strategic Development for Talent & Skills 2000 -1997- 2000,
She was among the women awarded 'Women of the Year 2000 at the Millennium Festival of Women's Work 2000 and ‘European Union of Women of Achievement Award’ finalist 2001 for Pan European for understanding and being an inspiration to others.
Research keywords: leadership, professional practices, African diaspora practices, equality diversity inclusion, arts management, business models.