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Royal appointment for UEL director

Friday 9 November 2012

Femi Bola

Femi Bola, Director of Employability and Student Enterprise at the University of East London (UEL), has been awarded an MBE for services to diversity.

Femi, who lives in Lewisham, has played a vital part in turning a traditional careers service into a proactive and high quality facility with a first-rate reputation. As part of her role, Femi helps equip students with the skills to attain and retain a job or start their own business.

As chief architect of UEL’s employer engagement strategy, Femi recognised the need to go back to basics and create an approach on two principles: to get employers to recruit beyond traditional corporate social responsibility engagements, and to focus on the business benefits of recruiting UEL students.

Speaking after receiving her prestigious honour at Buckingham Palace, Femi said: “It was an amazing and humbling experience to pick up my MBE. I was truly inspired to be in the same room as people who had risked their lives in Afghanistan, or those who have supported people with HIV and Aids.”

The Employability and Enterprise team run regular one-to-one sessions for help with business advice, writing CVs, covering letters and application forms and a host of other careers advice.  For further information, please visit:  www.uel.ac.uk/eet

Notes to Editors

The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.

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