The Golden Threads #1: Making connections

Dr Emel Thomas – in conversation with her Childhood, Youth and Families colleagues Dr Helen Simmons and Robin Sturman-Coombs - reflects on her career journey to being an education academic at University of Northampton in the first of their ‘The Golden Threads’ podcasts. Dr Thomas, who is co-lead of the University’s Centre for the Advancement of Race Equality, discusses how she brings her teaching to life with examples of her own research and respecting diversity within and outside class. She also talks about the challenges of working in education and how to develop resilience.