Rose Dowling

Prior to joining SHM, Rose gained not-for-profit experience in the fields of education and human rights. She worked as a parliamentary researcher at the Human Rights Act Research Unit in the run-up to the implementation of the new Act. Rose subsequently held a fundraising post within a Higher Education environment building relationships with investors such as educational trusts and foundations and corporate donors.

Within SHM Rose manages programmes for public, private and voluntary organisations, with a particular focus on equality, education, inclusion and empowerment. Rose’s clients have included the Learning and Skills Council, the Equality and Diversity Forum, the General Medical Council and the Commission for Racial Equality. For the LSC, Rose managed the development of the LSC National Equality and Diversity Strategy, from initial stakeholder engagement to a wider public consultation. For the CRE, Rose managed a research project exploring how to promote social interaction between people from different ethnic communities.

A long-term client of Rose’s is an educational foundation called Edge, which aims to raise the status of practical and vocational learning. For Edge, Rose directs the Edge Learner Forum, a unique programme that give diverse young learners a way to get actively involved in changing the face of the education system. Over the last three years, the Edge Learner Forum has grown to become an influential youth campaign for the improvement of education. Rose directs the growing network of regional Learner Forum groups, which are run by private, public and third sector organisations.

Rose has a BA (Hons) in Modern History (The University of Sheffield), a Master of Studies in Modern American History (St Antony’s College Oxford).
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