The comedian and actor steps down as Birmingham City University chancellor after eight years.
“It’s such an achievement, it’s a huge honour,” Sir Lenny Henry has told the BBC, as he officially steps down from his role as chancellor of Birmingham City University .
At a ceremony on Tuesday at the city’s Grand Hotel, he passed the baton on to presenter, journalist, disability campaigner and Paralympic medallist Ade Adepitan.“If someone had told me when I was a kid, going to comprehensive school, that one day that I’d be a chancellor of a university, I would’ve said: ‘You’re mad,’” Mr Adepitan said.During his time at BCU, Sir Lenny helped to set up the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity.
Sir Lenny said it had been a privilege to represent an institution which had given hope and opportunity to many.He added: “Wherever you’re from, whatever your gender or ethnicity, these are your people, and you’re giving them the day that they are going to remember for the rest of their lives.” The 51-year-old was a member of the GB wheelchair basketball team that won bronze at the 2004 Games in Athens.
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