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Selected for the Diversity Power List 2025/26, Siân Prime reflects on a career dedicated to academic activism, widening access, and building futures where creativity and enterprise belong to everyone.

We鈥檙e proud to announce that Si芒n Prime, Co-Head of ICCE, 缅北强奸幼女鈥� Academic Lead for Enterprise, and Co-Director of the Migrant Futures Institute 鈥� has been named on the . 

鈥楳y work isn鈥檛 finished鈥︹�� 

When Si芒n learned of the recognition, her first reaction wasn鈥檛 celebration 鈥� it was discomfort. 

鈥淚 felt dismayed,鈥� she says. 鈥淢y work isn鈥檛 finished. It can鈥檛 be completed. There is always someone else who needs a door opened.鈥� 

It鈥檚 a typically humble response from someone whose life and career have been shaped by a deep awareness of barriers, of class, gender, heritage, and migrant identity, and by a long-standing commitment to widening access and helping people who 鈥渄on鈥檛 fit鈥� find where they do. 

Across 17 years at 缅北强奸幼女, Si芒n has become known for what she calls entrepreneurial and academic activism: teaching and leading with cultural insight, justice, and the belief that ideas thrive when people are pushed into the room, not out of it. 

Alongside her work in ICCE and Synapse, Si芒n is Co-Director of the Migrant Futures Institute (MFI), 缅北强奸幼女鈥� pioneering new research hub exploring migration through creative and community-led practice. 

Q&A with Si芒n Prime 

Q: You鈥檝e said you felt 鈥榙ismayed鈥� at being included in the Diversity Power List. Why? 
 
Aren鈥檛 prizes and accolades usually bestowed for a 鈥樷�檍ob, well done鈥�? I can never think of my work as something that can ever be completed or 鈥榙one.鈥�  I鈥檝e spent my life watching people I love, and people I teach, facing barriers that shouldn鈥檛 exist. Recognition is such a lovely thing but really, I鈥檓 still in the middle of the work. There鈥檚 always someone else to support or another system to challenge. 

Q: Your family history seems woven through everything you do. How has it shaped your understanding of enterprise? 

I鈥檝e often wondered if enterprise is wired into my DNA! My maternal grandfather was a Polish-Jewish tailor who arrived in Britain as a child, when his father died, he took over the family business at twelve.  

In some ways, I mirrored that in my own childhood. My mum was a distinguished ballerina and teacher, and when the family needed support, I helped run her dance school. It wasn鈥檛 ambition, nor did I question it. We just understood limited access: limited borrowing power, limited opportunities, limited recognition. Looking back, I wonder if those early experiences sparked an awareness, though it was certainly unconscious back then, that enterprise starts with people鈥檚 cultural realities, not abstract models. 

And what strikes me now is how little has changed鈥� 

Q: You grew up around immense creative talent. Did you ever see yourself as a performer? 

I knew very early that performing wasn鈥檛 my path. But that clarity gave me something else: an understanding of how many talented people never get the chance to fulfil their potential. That鈥檚 why I鈥檝e always been drawn to roles that open doors for others鈥� 

Q: You describe yourself as an 鈥榚ntrepreneurial activist academic.鈥� What does that look like? 
 
It means enterprise is as much about culture, justice, and belonging as it is about finance. My earlier work with Nesta showed me how hard it is for graduates to turn creative thinking into entrepreneurial action when systems aren鈥檛 built for them. 

So many of the tools and templates that shape enterprise, especially financial ones are designed to protect the lender, not empower the founder. They鈥檙e built to detect risk for the institution, not possibility for the individual. And let鈥檚 be honest: historically, most were created within a white, male, patriarchal framework. 

If you don鈥檛 fit that template, culturally, socially, or financially, you鈥檙e seen as a risk, even when your idea is brilliant.  

That鈥檚 why I teach enterprise differently: starting from people鈥檚 realities, not from models that were never designed for them. 

Q: Much of your work focuses on people who feel they 鈥榙on鈥檛 fit.鈥� Why is that so central to you?  

Because I鈥檝e seen so many extraordinary people fall through the gaps. I鈥檝e been blessed to have some brilliant artists, performers and entrepreneurs who were told, sometimes quietly, sometimes explicitly, but often through silence too, that they just didn鈥檛 belong. They felt it. They feel it. For some, the pathways simply just aren鈥檛 there. The doors are closed. They just don鈥檛 have safety nets or support systems to catch them. 

My instinct is always to push people 鈥榠nto the room鈥�, not out of it, or build a new room. Nobody should have to contort themselves to fit a model that was never designed for them.  

But 鈥榥ot fitting鈥� can be a strength, a source of originality, agility and creative power鈥� 

"We all need to find people who see our value. And if you haven鈥檛 found them yet....come find me."

About the Diversity Powerlist:

The  celebrates individuals across the UK who are driving inclusion, equity, and social impact; from high-profile advocates to community champions working at grassroots level.  

This year鈥檚 list recognises people addressing the nuanced challenges of intersectionality, social mobility and inclusive innovation, honouring those whose work removes barriers and expands opportunity. Named alongside figures such as Jordan Stephens, Jo Malone CBE, and 缅北强奸幼女 alumnus Kae Tempest.  

Si芒n Prime is recognised for her leadership in women鈥檚 enterprise, inclusive entrepreneurship and community-centred economic innovation.