Everything started to feel like it was falling apart. Kenya was the main location for my PhD and it didn’t look like I was going to be able to go bac… - Patricia Kingori

I’m very conscious that diversity is sometimes skewed to a very narrow interpretation- it’s generally gender diversity, so racial, social class and other forms of diversity get put on the back foot. That is changing, but it’s changing very slowly.

Most academics don’t have a lot of management experience or training. We can try and manage our own careers, but it’s very different to trying to manage other people’s. We can try and manage our own careers, but it’s very different to trying to manage other people’s.

I thought 'the worst that can happen is that they say I’m not ready', which is fine. For me everything was about the idea – if the idea is strong then you can find ways to provide the infrastructure for it.