Pradeep Passi

Dr Pradeep Passi is the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Social Justice and Equity at Salford, providing strategic leadership in institutional efforts to embed social justice and equity across its domains of education, research, enterprise, and people. Prior to Salford, Pradeep has occupied a number of academic leadership positions in UK Higher Education, with areas of expertise relating to student experience, success, equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI), and pedagogical advancement.

Pradeep’s scholarly interests centre on the development and implementation of intentionally inclusive frameworks within Higher Education, leveraging co-creation methodologies to advance organisational transformation, mitigate inequity, and advance social justice. His research focuses on a long-standing commitment to the eradication of degree awarding gaps, exemplified by his co-leadership of the UK Higher Education Awards Gap Group from 2019 to 2023.

At present, Pradeep is a member of Advance HE’s EDI committee and serves as co-chair of the Race Equality Charter Governance Committee, contributing to the formulation and oversight of sector-wide race equality frameworks within UK Higher Education. His expertise is further informed by extensive cross-sector experience, including senior roles within the National Health Service (NHS) and work with criminal justice agencies and local government, which underpin his holistic approach to advancing social justice in academic and public sector settings.