Biography
Mehmet AliDikerdem is one of thefew remaining veterans of the Polytechnic years of Middlesex University. He wasone of the three founders of the Race & Culture Programme which ran from1995-2001 and had the distinction of being one of the first Black Studiescourses set up in British HE to `decolonise’ the curriculum. He joined theInstitute for Work Based Learning between 2002-2017 and was Programme Leaderfor the Transdisciplinary Doctorate for Professional Studies (2009-2016). Although, to adapt Lady Bracknell from Oscar Wilde, to lose one Programme maybe regarded as a misfortune but to lose both may look like carelessness, henevertheless had the opportunity to deliver modules in undergraduate Global Politics which, in turn, wasclosed down in 2022, making three strikes and almost out. He is currently 0.3f/t delivering postgraduate modules in Research Methods and 60 creditPlacement. Between 2017 and 2024 I have seen through nearly 20 DProf and PhD candidates.
