About
The background and aims of this scrapbook … who compiled and curated it … who contributed as manager, mentor, critical friend, co-worker or comrade … why the colourful and outsized sign (&) in the scrapbook's title
INTRODUCTORY
When more complete, this archival scrapbook will contain materials first written and published between 1963 and 2024. But at present (September 2024), nearly all items in the scrapbook were written and published since 2000.
The scrapbook is still under construction, a piece of work in progress for consultation, not a finished product. Hopefully, after consultation, it will be formally launched in spring 2025.
WHY IS THE SCRAPBOOK BEING COMPOSED?
- To recall episodes, issues and topics in the education systems of the United Kingdom during the last 60 years, as seen and experienced by one person.
- To greet, acknowledge and pay tribute to colleagues, comrades and mentors who lived and worked through some or all of the same 60 years.
- To compose a resource containing reflections, ideas, memories and warnings that may be helpful in the future for researchers, practitioners, managers, campaigners and change agents, and for initial training and continuing staff development.
WHY THE PROMINENT SIGN (&) IN THE SCRAPBOOK’S TITLE?
The & sign is used here as a reminder that the two keyword terms in the scrapbook's title, patience and passion, are so interwoven with each other that neither is sufficiently expressive unless it is accompanied and complemented by the other.
WHO?
Curator and principal author, Robin Richardson
- Changes, Chances and Choices, a conversation, 1936-2011
- Earlier Loves and Larger Allegiances, a journey 1971-2011
- Some Sort of Believer, slightly updated 2024
- Printed Publications, 1973-2023
- Brief CV, since 1936
Co-authors:
Kaushika Amin, co-author of Politics for All, Runnymede Trust, 1992 and Changing Race Relations, Uniting Britain Trust, 2002; John Chapman, co-author of Images of Life: problems of religious belief and human relations in schools, SCM Press, 1973; Angela Gluck (formerly Wood), co-author of Inside Stories: wisdom and hope for changing worlds, Trentham Books, 1991, Inclusive Schools, Inclusive Society: belonging, identity and equality in schools, Trentham Books, 1999, and The Achievement of British Pakistani Learners: work in progress, Trentham Books 2004; Berenice Miles, co-author of Equality Stories: recognition. respect and raising achievement, Trentham Books, 2007 and Racist Bullying and Incidents in Schools, Trentham Books, 2008; Julian Petley, co-editor of Pointing the Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British media, Oneworld, 2011.
Publishers:
The original publishers of material in the scrapbook include Association of London Government, Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Berkshire County Council, Bloxham Project, Bristol University Press, British Council, British Journal of Religious Education, Bulletin of Peace Proposals, Cambridge Journal of Education, Church of England Advisory Board on Ministry, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Council of Europe, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Education and its predecessors, Derbyshire County Council, Greater London Authority, Humanities Association, International Association for Intercultural Education, Learning for Living, Left Central, Journal of Moral Education, London Borough of Brent, London Borough of Ealing, London Review of Education, Muslim Council of Britain, National Association of Teachers of English, National Union of Teachers, Old Edwardians Gazette, One World Trust, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Oxfam, Profile Books, Race Equality Teaching, Race on the Agenda, Runnymede Trust, SCM Press, Shared Earth Trust, Slough Borough Council, Teachers in Development Education (Tide), Trentham Books, Unesco, Values Education Council, UK Race and Education Network, Uniting Britain Trust, World Education Fellowship, Yorkshire Forward.
Editorial:
For substantial editing support and advice for works published by Trentham Books: Gillian Klein.
For commissioning and supporting chapters in symposia and collections: Clem Adelman, Lynn Broadbent, Tyrrell Burgess, Michael Cole, Gerald Collier, Dawn Gill, Magnus Haavelsrud, David Hicks, Cathie Holden, John Huckle, Robert Jackson, Vini Lander, Barbara Mayor, Audrey Osler, Colin Reid, Shamit Saggar, Solange Lefebvre, Hugh Starkey, Miriam Steiner, Charles Townley, Ros Wade.
Managers, mentors, critical friends, co-workers, comrades:
The vast majority of the pieces included in this scrapbook were composed in response to a formal request, invitation or commission, and therefore had a specific readership, audience or occasion in mind, and were drafted and developed through connection, conversation and partnership with many others.
The principal personal influences are listed below. Grateful acknowledgement is owed to all who are mentioned here. But only the archive's author and curator is responsible for any errors of fact or judgement, and people mentioned here do not necessarily, of course, share the opinions that are expressed or implied in the archive's contents.
Javid Akram, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Kaushika Amin, Valerie Amos, Madhu Anjali, Anjum Anwar, Ilona Aronovsky, Ranjit Arora, Mohammed Abdul Aziz, Chris Banks, Abdul Bari, Sally Barnes, Fiona Bartels-Ellis, Peter Barton, Paul Bates, John Bazalgette, Yahya Birt, Maud Blair, Bill Bolloten, Waltraud Boxall, David Bridges, Tim Brighouse, Elaine Brittan, Margot Brown, Inayat Bunglawala, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Rosemary Campbell-Stephens, John Chapman, Sameena Choudry, Teresa Clark, Maurice Coles, Gordon Conway, Geoffrey Court, Philip Crowe,
Shirley Darlington, Nicola Davies, Gerry Davis, Pam Delamere, Elaine Delay, Feyisa Demie, Hugh Dickinson, Nigel Dodd, Barbara Doubtfire, David Dufty, Ann Dummett, Peter Edwards, John Eggleston, Soonu Engineer, Debbie Epstein, Simon Fisher, Marion Flood, Steve Ford, Terry Furlong, Chris Gaine, Samidha Garg, Bill Gent, Brian Gates, Kate Gavron, Gerry German, Bruce Gill, Dawn Gill, David Gillborn, Angela Gluck (formerly Wood), Ester Gluck, Maxine Greaves, Peter Green, Cherry Gould, Laurence Gunner,
Magnus Haavelsrud, Sonja Hall, Stuart Hall, Jan Hardy, Richard Harries, James Henderson, Jan Hardy, Robin Hodgkin, David Hicks, Anita Higham, Kate Hinton, Paul Hirst, Maurice Hobbs, Judith Holland, John Hull, Andrew Hutchinson, Karamat Iqbal, Robert Jackson, Jennifer James, Lee Jasper, Gus John, Val Johnson, Frances Jowell, Adrienne Katz, Ed Kessler, Humera Khan, Khalida Khan, MG Kahn, Akram Khan-Cheema, Gillian Klein, Vini Lander, Jane Lane, Maureen Lake, Kenneth Leech, Solange Lefebvre, Anthony Lester, Philip Lewis, Harold Loukes, Pauline Lyseight-Jones,
Kathy Maclean, Michael Marland, Mary Martyn-Johns, Paul May, Norah McWilliam, Berenice Miles, Rehana Minhas, Tariq Modood, Iris Morrison, James Morrison, Jennifer Moses, Tuku Mukherjee, Chris Mullard, Fuad Nahdi, Brian Netto, Julia Neuberger, Paulette North, Audrey Osler, Bhikhu Parekh, Brian Pearce, Julian Petley, Simon Perfect, Trevor Phillips, Stephen Pittam, Richard Posner, Tony Rampton, Betty Reardon, Chris Redknap, Bethan Rees, Brian Richardson, Ben Ridler, Richard Rieser, Carmen Rodney, Nicola Rollock, Jim Rose, Edward Robinson, Paul Roubiczek,
Richard Sachse, Abduljalil Sajid, Artemi Sakellariadis, Angela Sarkiss, Stuart Scott, Hari Singh Sewak, Jamil Sherif, John Shearman, John Simpson, Pat Sinclair, Scott Sinclair, John Singh, Iram Siraj, Tankut Soykan, Miriam Steiner, Richard Stone, Balbir Sohal, Ron Southey, Sarah Soyei, Hugh and Phyllis Starkey, Sue Sanders, Janet Stuart, Don Swift, Jayant Tanna, Hazel Taylor, Neil Taylor, Yvette Thomas, Sally Tomlinson, Rob Unwin, Barry van Driel, Jenifer Wates, Alison Webster, Patrick Whitaker, Shirley Williams, Stan Windass, David Wolsk, Tom Wylie, Anne Yarwood.
WHAT NEXT?
Remains to be seen. But maybe the current version of the scrapbook could be amplified and developed by incorporating reminiscences and comments from others, and could contain alternative or complementary viewpoints and perceptions in relation to its subject-matter?
ONE FINAL NOTE
A scrapbook contains memoirs, souvenirs, remains, reminders, memorabilia, fragments. Also: scraps can be skirmishes, quarrels, altercations, rumours of war, they can be forever unfinished.
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