Dr Lindy-Ann Blaize Alfred is Director of the Centre for Teaching Excellence at Birmingham City University, where she leads institution wide work on inclusive learning, teaching and assessment to improve student outcomes and advance social mobility. Her work focuses on moving beyond access based approaches to embed equity, belonging and progression into the design of the curriculum, academic development and institutional systems. Lindy Ann has led and advised on sector recognised programmes in inclusive pedagogy, race equity and leadership, and works closely with Advance HE and partners across the sector to translate evidence into sustainable change at scale.