Mark Martin MBE
Co-founder, UKBlackTech
Apprenticeship Diversity and Social Mobility Forum
Challenging thoughts, perceptions and perspectives.
Empowering voices, challenging perspectives, and creating pathways where diversity and social mobility drive a stronger, fairer future for all.
- 2020
- Founded during the pandemic
- 150+
- Speakers & contributors
- 50+
- Convenings hosted
- UK-wide
- Reach & influence
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Next AIWSF event
Rethinking Skills and Social Mobility in 2027
9th December 2026 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm UK time
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Our work
A platform shaping policy, practice and progress.
ADSMF convenes the leaders, practitioners and policymakers driving a more equitable future of skills — turning conversation into action.
Amplify diverse voices
Centring the people too often left out of the apprenticeship conversation.
Convene leaders
Bringing employers, providers and policymakers into meaningful dialogue.
Shape policy & practice
Translating insight into action that builds a fairer UK workforce.
Voices that move us
Featured past speakers.
Rabi Atiti
Head of Inclusion – EMEA & India, Informa plc
Professor Dr Nisreen Ameen
Director of the Digital Organisation and Society Research Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London
Robin Christopherson MBE
Head of Digital Inclusion, AbilityNet
Hashi Mohamed
British Barrister and Best-selling Author
Gillian Keegan
Former Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, UK Government
Sir Ken Olisa
Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
Dr Fiona Aldridge
Chief Executive, Skills Federation; Skills England Board Member
Susanna Lawson
Founder, OneFile
Kashif Taj
Senior Foundation Manager & IBM Apprenticeships Lead, IBM
Lord Jim Knight
Member of the House of Lords
Our recent work
Latest news & insights.
Event recap
Inclusion in the Age of AI: Reflections from the Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum
26 September 2026
Speaker announcement
Mark Martin MBE joins the Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum speaker line-up
16 September 2026
Speaker announcement
Rabi Atiti joins the Apprenticeship Diversity & Social Mobility Forum speaker line-up
11 September 2026
Speaker announcement
Speaker Announcement: Professor Dr Nisreen Ameen Joins the Inclusion and AI Forum
16 August 2026
Speaker announcement
Speaker Announcement: Robin Christopherson MBE Joins the Inclusion and AI Forum
16 August 2026
Sponsor news
OAL Awards Announced as Sponsor of the Apprenticeship Diversity and Social Mobility Forum
16 August 2026
Sponsor news
Compass Group UK & Ireland Announced as Sponsor of the Apprenticeship Diversity and Social Mobility Forum
16 August 2026
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