The King's Court

Episode 11: The Road Less Travelled

In our final episode of Season One we bring things to a close with an amazing last guest here at TKC: none other than the fantastic 'Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President & Vice Principal (International) and Professor of Security, Leadership & Development. The BAME trailblazer 'Funmi founded the African Leadership Centre (ALC) [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/alc] here at King’s and she is going to tell us how that has come about. We are talking about her reimagining the Global Leadership & Peace course for the online space, being a champion for the Cultural Competency [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural-competency] programme here at King’s, and more. You can follow her on Twitter @FunmiOlonisakin [https://twitter.com/funmiolonisakin?lang=en] and on her website funmiolonisakin.com [https://funmiolonisakin.com/]. You can also find out more about 'Funmi here in the latest edition of KCL's InTouch alumni magazine [https://intouch.kcl.ac.uk/the-changing-face-of-kings/]. [Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 02:50 - Let’s Talk 18:55 - Up Close And Personal 34:34 - Word Wander 43:35 - Parting Words 45:07 - Closing 49:26] *And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out and touch base, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.

Episode 10: The Redeployed

In a world of uncertainty … The past year brought a lot of change to all of us. Many have faced employment and financial woes. But all throughout this time, King’s has committed to their staff and created a number of redeployment opportunities so our wonderful KCL community have had an invaluable peace of mind during the most difficult of times. In this episode we are putting the spotlight on three members of the King’s community who have been redeployed to support the university and our students throughout this challenging time: Matt Fryer, Senior Business Manager in the King’s Culture team, who is currently leading on community experience, working on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) centred projects and growing relationships with the student community. Sophie Pan, Event Coordinator, now a Campus Ambassador Manager, ensuring our buildings are safely accessible to students in need for space. And Cyril Joseph, Strand & Bush House Hospitality Manager, who didn't hesitate to jump in the King’s van and deliver food across London to students in need! Tune in to find out all about their journey of redeployment. [Intro 00:00 - Opening 03:26 - Matt Fryer 05:21 - Sophie Pan 23:17 - Cyril Joseph 31:41 - Closing 43:08 - Outro 43:23] *And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out and touch base, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.

Episode 9: The EBC with Emily Clements

Happy International Women’s Day! To help celebrate this special occasion we have an extra special guest: the amazing Emily Clements [https://twitter.com/emclem16], Research Assistant (Neuroscience of Entrepreneurship project) & Neuroimaging PhD Candidate at King’s. She is the fiendish mastermind behind the Entrepreneurial Brain Challenge (EBC) [https://entrepreneur.cognitron.co.uk/] that we highly recommend you take. By completing the challenge you can get personalised feedback on your 7 Skills of an Entrepreneurial Mindset (a framework developed by the Entrepreneurship Institute at King’s [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/entrepreneurship/learn-entrepreneurial-skills]), your personality, cognitive strengths and weaknesses, as well as a pack containing resources to help you improve your weaker areas. Join us on this episode to find out how DS took up the challenge; we discuss his results, find out from Emily about the many facets of what makes an entrepreneurial brain and much more! Read more about Emily and her work in this article [https://issuu.com/kingsentrepreneurshipinstitute/docs/start__magazine_issue_6_-_disruptors_edition/s/11143787]. [Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 03:02 - Up Close and Personal 08:52 - Let’s Talk 11:47 - Word Wander 31:58 - Closing 33:19] *And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work or a word for Word Wander! Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.

Episode 8: The Renegade

Ahoy there, KCL community and beyond. It’s Sustainability Month [https://twitter.com/kclsustainable] at King’s. A month dedicated to raising awareness of our precious planet with a wealth of engaging activities happening every week. To tie in with this we have our very special guest: Jeremy Brown [https://twitter.com/j_browngreenred], King’s alumnus and creator of The Renegades: Arctic Meltdown [https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241457832-the-renegades/], an excellent comic (TKC highly recommend) that approaches climate change from a wonderfully informative and engaging direction. Find out all about what inspired Jeremy on this journey and much more! [Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 03:16 - Up Close and Personal 08:09 - Let’s Talk 14:00 - Word Wander 30:00 - Closing 31:10] Gojira - Another World [https://youtu.be/iqrMFNMgVS0] music video *And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds.

Episode 7: Home is where the Art is

Ahoy there! Happy 2021! Our first episode this year is centred around music - to start the year off on a light note (there's too much gloomy news out there at the moment). We have the wonderful Giulia Scarantino with us, Audio Visual Supervisor and very talented musician. We talk about all things music and her latest solo project D’Addio. You can find out more about the project on her website https://www.daddiomusic.com/ [https://www.daddiomusic.com/] and follow her @daddiomusic [https://www.instagram.com/daddiomusic/]. [Opening 00:00 - Guest Introduction 02:28 - Up Close and Personal 06:33 - Let’s Talk 19:21 - Word Wander 33:56 - Closing 35:46] *And as always: we want to hear from you! Reach out to us, suggest someone you’d like us to talk to or join us on the show yourself! Share your stories and your work. Our email is thekingscourtds@gmail.com. We are also on Twitter and Instagram @thekingscourtds [https://www.instagram.com/thekingscourtds/].