Founder of Operation Black Vote will take over as principal of Cambridge University’s Homerton College
Lord Woolley will become the first black man to head an Oxbridge college when he takes over as the principal of Cambridge University’s Homerton College in October.
Simon Woolley, the founding director of Operation Black Vote (OBV), is only the third black person to be appointed as head of an Oxbridge college, following Sonita Alleyne (Jesus College, Cambridge) and Lady Amos (University College, Oxford).
