UK Resilience Academy

Resilience in the Round

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The UK Resilience Academy (UKRA) presents 'Resilience in the Round' - a brand new podcast that brings people together, as part of a wider national resilience conversation. Over six 30-minute episodes, we will be welcoming a range of guests into the ‘Round’, to talk about the resilience structures they work in, share some of their stories, and discuss solutions - for strengthening societal resilience, together. For more information about the UK Resilience Academy visit:www.ukresilienceacademy.org

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Episode 3: Professionalising Resilience 17.12.2025 33:31

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...

Episode 2: More than a Meeting - COBR in the National Resilience Context 26.08.2025 28:14

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...

Episode 1: Resilience is Everyone's Business 12.06.2025 31:46

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...