Robin Richardson
- Since 1996 Robin Richardson has been a director of the Insted consultancy (www.insted.co.uk), specialising in equality and diversity in education.
- Previously he was director of the Runnymede Trust (http://www.runnymedetrust.org/) and before that had been chief inspector for education in a London borough, adviser for multicultural education in a shire authority, and director of a curriculum development project in world studies and development education.
- His publications over the years include Learning for Change in World Society (1976), Daring to be a Teacher (1990), In Praise of Teachers (2002), Holding Together: equalities, difference and cohesion (2009) and Changing Life Chances: projects and endeavours in schools (2012).
- Also he has been the editor or co-editor of several publications on Islamophobia and British Muslims, including Islamophobia: a challenge for us all (1997), Young, Muslim and Citizen: identity, empowerment and change (2010), and Pointing the Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British media (2011).
- In the period 2005–10 he worked frequently as a consultant for the Department for Education on aspects of equalities legislation.
- In 2013—15 he acted as drafting editor and consultant for the report of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, chaired by Baroness Butler-Sloss.[1]
Publications
- Naming the narratives: the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham, by Robin Richardson, Institute for Race Relations News, 5 June 2014.
- A Very Light Sleeper: The Persistence and Dangers of Antisemitism - Review by the Runnymede Commission on Antisemitism - Commission member
