Resilience in the Round

In this episode the UKRA’s very own Head of Training and Curriculum, Dr El Parker, joins us in the Round to discuss her work in helping to strengthen the professionalisationof resilience. The conversation emphasises the diverse nature of resilience roles and the how individual competencies shape our resilience capabilities. It also explores how the shift towards ‘whole of society resilience’ has s...

In this second episode of the UKRA’s new podcast, we welcome the  Director of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (COBR)*, Roger Hargreaves , into the Round to discuss the UK’s central government arrangements for responding to serious domestic and international crises. The conversation offers an insightful overview of COBR’s structural role and functional remit within government, and in the wider, natio...

On this first episode of the UK Resilience Academy's brand new podcast, our Head of Thought Leadership, Lianna Roast, welcomes Chief Resilience Officer for Greater Manchester, Dr Kathy Oldham, OBE, and Voluntary Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Programme Lead for Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, Sulafa Abushal, into the Round. The conversation explores the breadth and scope of lo...