Dr Yekemi Otaru
@yekemiotaru.bsky.social
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Author, speaker, and mentor. Charity CEO, University Chancellor, Entrepreneur and advocate for mid-career transformation. Passionate about storytelling, leadership, and making an impact by alleviating hardship and poverty. Based in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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ROLE: Chair of Court - UWS👏🏾

I’m proud to be Chancellor at University of the West of Scotland and excited to see its continued success.

For more details about the Chair of Court role, see James’ recent post below ⬇️

www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/go...
Appointment of Chair of Court
This page sets out the arrangements in place for the appointment of the Chair of Court at UWS who as a charity trustee will also be Chair of the Governance & Nominations Committee.
www.uws.ac.uk
yekemiotaru.bsky.social
ROLE: Chair of Court - UWS👏🏾

I’m proud to be Chancellor at University of the West of Scotland and excited to see its continued success.

For more details about the Chair of Court role, see James’ recent post below ⬇️

www.uws.ac.uk/about-uws/go...
Appointment of Chair of Court
This page sets out the arrangements in place for the appointment of the Chair of Court at UWS who as a charity trustee will also be Chair of the Governance & Nominations Committee.
www.uws.ac.uk
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Amazing drone pic of the home of our #UWS graduations, Paisley Abbey, taken by (IG)stephenliptonimages. ❤️

#Paisley #PaisleyAbbey #DroneShot #PaisleyScotland
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Yesterday, as part of #16Days of Action, we hosted a Gender-Based Violence Support and Awareness Showcase on our Lanarkshire and Paisley campuses. Thanks to our external partners who hosted stalls highlighting their support services, resources and efforts to help eliminate #GBV.
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I’m the same, I can’t sleep before an early flight. Once overslept and missed an early flight to Norway for work. Never recovered 😆
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Random intro ⬇️
- Wife. Mum to two teenagers
- Favourite snack = white chocolate
- I can knit, crochet, sew and do cross stitch
- I have 5 university degrees
- There are over 40 books on my shelf that I’ve not read
- I was the 1st black woman to be appointed Chancellor of a Scottish university
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A busy but rewarding week! Here comes the weekend 🌟
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Love a bit of Paulo Coelho ♥️
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"I have lived in several European countries but I have never experienced the level of kindness and friendliness that Aberdeen residents show." Jing Hua Qiu from Taiwan who graduates with an MSc in Psychological Studies next week.
Photo depicts Jing Hua Qiu smiling at the camera while standing in a snow covered garden.
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I capped award-winning BBC presenter and journalist, Clive Myrie, as he received his honorary doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland last week. Such an honour 🙏🏾 #AddToBlackSky
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New here! I’ve heard lots of good things so let’s do this 🙌🏾
A selfie of Dr Yekemi Otaru, a black woman sitting in a ambient lit cafè.