Thomasin Nicholds

Thomasin is the Dean of the Faculty of People and Society at Lincoln Bishop University. She joined the University following a career in the Charity and Community Sector, where she was responsible for the strategic development and delivery of a wide range of services supporting children, families, and communities. Her areas of expertise include organisational development programmes, community-based research, Ofsted-regulated further education, health and wellbeing initiatives, and knowledge transfer projects. In this context, she has operated at a national level, contributing to policy development, building and sustaining strategic partnerships, and leading cross-sector networks. Thomasin worked in partnership with the Higher Education sector via a range of programmes and projects.

Thomasin is an experienced charity trustee and has served on the boards of organisations of varying size and scope. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a postgraduate qualification in Occupational Psychology, with research interests in leadership, workplace inclusivity, and resilience.

For two years Thomasin was the Principal Investigator for an externally funded, gender and leadership research project, working with colleagues with a background in Social Psychology, Business, Education and Sociology.