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13 Facts About Jawed Siddiqi

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Jawed Siddiqi FBCS is a Pakistani British computer scientist and software engineer.

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Jawed Siddiqi is professor emeritus of software engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, England.

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Jawed Siddiqi is the president of NCUP National Council of University Professors in the UK.

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Jawed Siddiqi has been involved with the BCS Formal Aspects of Computing Science Specialist Group for many years.

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Jawed Siddiqi is a co-editor of Formal Methods: State of the Art and New Directions.

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Jawed Siddiqi has for three decades has been involved in countering racism and fighting for social justice.

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Jawed Siddiqi was a founding member and chair of the North Staffordshire Racial Equality Council, executive member of the West Midlands Regional Board for Commission for Racial Equality, secretary of the Black Justice Project and chair of Sheffield Racial Harassment Project.

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Jawed Siddiqi has written about and been invited to speak on countering racism particularly structural racism.

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Jawed Siddiqi is the vice chair of The Monitoring Group.

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Jawed Siddiqi was an active member, an elected officer and an experienced case worker for his trade union the University and College Union.

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Jawed Siddiqi has been involved in a number of cases acting as a union representative or advocate for individuals against various public and private sector organisations.

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Jawed Siddiqi has a strong interest in mediation, arbitration and conflict resolution and in various fields but particularly higher education and information technology and is a member of Improving Dispute Resolution Advisory Service for Higher and Further Education, UK.

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Jawed Siddiqi has completed training with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators entitling him to be an Associate of the Institute.