The EDIB Podcast: My Journey - Kishan Pithia, with Trevor Gordon

With Trevor Gordon

FEthink's EDIB podcast focuses on the lived experiences of a range of FE & HE senior managers and practitioners and their journey to career success, despite having to navigate difficult, and at times, discriminatory attitudes and reactions. The podcasts will share their many victories, achievements, high points and low points. We aim to give a voice to these courageous individuals to open up and honestly share ’their Journey' in the post-16 education system. We hope their stories inspire, enlighten and empower those wishing to make a meaningful difference to learners in the FE and HE systems. 

This episode features Kishan Pithia, Principal of the South Bank University Sixth Form College. He has has over 20 years of experience in the post-16 education sector, working across further education and sixth form colleges in London. Raised in East London and educated in the state sector, Kishan is passionate about public service, inclusive education, and creating pathways for upward social mobility, something he feels is an urgent priority now. Throughout his career, he has led award-winning curriculum initiatives, built strategic partnerships, expanded international placement opportunities, and championed the use of immersive technologies to enhance student engagement. 

Trevor Gordon is a nationally recognised equality expert with over 40 years of senior leadership, consulting and board‑level experience across education, public and private sectors. He has driven award‑winning equality and inclusion strategies in high‑profile colleges, advised government bodies worldwide and led major programmes to advance Black staff progression, making him a trusted authority on lived‑experience‑informed equality practice.