Biography
Jacqui is the Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, the knowledge exchange arm of COMPAS, where she manages a broad portfolio of knowledge exchange and research projects which aim to extend and deepen COMPAS's international contribution to the reciprocal sharing of expertise and ideas among academics, policymakers, professionals, civil society, lawyers, foundations, school students and others in the field. Jacqui's work focuses on local government and migration, integration and inclusion and how place-based narratives can facilitate the development of inclusive communities.
In 2024, Jacqui was appointed as the university’s academic champion for policy engagement and chair of the OPEN steering group, focussed on strengthening the University’s support for more effective engagement between policy makers and researchers.
Before this, Jacqui managed the Refugee and Migrant Team at Islington Council, providing social services support to families and vulnerable adults with No Recourse to Public Funds, designing and managing the council's contribution to the Syrian Vulnerable Person's Resettlement Scheme and delivering training to social workers on behalf of the NRPF Network. In 2016, she received a Churchill Fellowship to travel to cities in the United States and Italy to understand how cities can better integrate migrants. In 2020, she joined the Franco-British Young Leaders Programme. In addition, Jacqui is a trustee of the Justice Together Initiative, which aims to ensure that people who use the UK immigration system can access justice and thrive and an alumnus of the National Graduate Development Programme for Local Government (NGDP) and the Teach First Programme.
New book published 25th September!
Broadhead, J. (2025) Welcoming Cities, Policy Press
