Sharon D. Lloyd is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Equity and Inclusion at London Metropolitan University. An interdisciplinary scholar and strategic leader, her work spans equity policy, critical pedagogy, and cultural theory. She provides academic leadership for London Met’s institutional blueprint for inclusive excellence, working across governance, curriculum, and organisational development to embed systemic equity and accountability.
Appointed in 2024, Sharon leads the implementation of the Centre’s transformative roadmap for systemic equity (2025–27), advancing the University’s commitment across six strategic domains: Enhancing Equity, Inclusive Learning, Staff and Community Development, Research and Engagement, Digital Communication, and Sector Accreditation. She chairs the institutional Working Group on Condition E6, supporting the University’s compliance with Office for Students (OfS) regulation on harassment and sexual misconduct. Her leadership in this area focuses on building robust, transparent frameworks for reporting, prevention, and institutional trust.
Sharon’s research interrogates the cultural politics of beauty, with a focus on racialised aesthetics, cosmetic practices, and the intersections of gender, representation, and power. Her scholarship draws together visual culture, critical race theory, and feminist analysis to examine how beauty functions as a site of both social control and cultural resistance. Her public-facing work has been featured by Vogue Business, the V&A, SHOWstudio, and other platforms engaging contemporary debates around identity, visibility, and justice.
Her sector engagement continues to inform her work at London Met. Sharon is Co-Founder and Chair of FACE (Fashion and the Arts Creating Equity), a UK-wide initiative that works across higher education and the cultural sector to advance race equity, shape inclusive educational practice, and foster new leadership in the creative industries.
Sharon’s academic and strategic work is united by a sustained commitment to institutional transformation, intellectual rigour, and the reimagining of higher education as a space of equity, critical inquiry, and belonging.
