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Simon Woolley: ‘It Still Feels Unsafe… A Black Person Such as Myself Could Not Call Out What Happened to Jason Arday Without Being Attacked, Vilified and Invalidated’

Lord Simon Woolley, Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, finds himself in a ‘catch-22’ of media scrutiny. But five years into the role, he continues to focus on ‘reimagining education’

Hardeep Matharu
Nov 15, 2026

Lord Simon Woolley: ‘I think people liked the status quo because it shielded privilege’. Photo: Belinda Lawley/Byline Times

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