Dr. Stephanie McKendry is Deputy Director of Student Experience at the University of Strathclyde where she has responsibility for equality, diversity and inclusion, widening access and admissions, careers and employability. Stephanie supported the Scottish Commissioner for Fair Access as Researcher/Implementation Advisor from 2016 to 2020, has been a member of two National Expert Think Tanks on fair admissions, sits on the Universities Scotland Admissions Working Group and the Scottish Government’s Access Delivery Group. Stephanie is an editor of the Journal for Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning and led the award winning TransEDU research project exploring the experiences of trans and gender diverse students and staff within Scottish tertiary education.