Pamela Jikiemi is Head of Film, TV and Radio at RADA, UK. She classically trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) with postgraduate study completed at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCCSD). She is currently a PhD candidate exploring representation in actor training. She has worked creatively and extensively as an actor (television, radio, film, theatre and voiceover, nationally and internationally) in senior management and as Department Head/Unit Leader/Visiting Lecturer in broadcast, VFX/design post production, digital media, actor training, theatre and screen. She has published a chapter titled, “Training or Racialisation? The Case of the Black British Trainee Actor” in Progress in Education 56.