Several significant events have been organised by Curriculum for Cohesion including:
On 26 June 2014 Curriculum for Cohe§sion held a dinner at the Royal Over-Seas League to bring together the project’s academics, patrons and friends.
The speeches
You can watch all of the speeches consecutively by playing the video below. You can also read the text of each speech if you wish by clicking the “Read here” link for each speaker.
- Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP Watch here. Read here.
- Professor Roy Bhaskar Watch here. Read here.
- Mr Farooq Murad Watch here. Read here.
- Mr Mohammed Amin Watch here. Read here.
- Dr Matthew LN Wilkinson Watch here. Read here.
- Sir David Calvert-Smith QC Watch here. Read here.
- Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP Watch here. Read here.
Our guests from left to right:
- Eion McLennan-Murray, Esq, President, Prison Governors Association, Now Patron of Curriculum for Cohesion
- Imran Khan, Esq, Partner, Imran Khan & Partners
- His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, Common Serjeant of London, Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
- Talal Hussain, Esq, Curriculum Manager, 1st Ethical Charitable Trust, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- His Honour Judge Brian Barker QC, Recorder of London, Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
- Shaykh Salah Al-Ansari, Imam, Margate Mosque, Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor
- Mr Ali Naseem Bajwa QC, Garden Court Chambers
- Ms Ingrid Stellmacher, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Le Menach Foundation
- Stephen Shashoua, Esq, Director, Three Faiths Forum
- Mr John Keast OBE, Chair, Religious Education Council of England & Wales
- Her Honour Judge Rebecca Poulet QC, Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
- Iftikhar Awan, Esq
- Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE, Chairman, East London Mosque, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- Mr Shabir Randeree CBE
- Ms Rebecca Long
- Dr Jacek Brant, Head of Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment, Institute of Education, University of London, Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution
- Professor Alan Norrie, Head of the School of Law, University of Warwick
- Mervyn Hartwig, Esq, Editor, Journal of Critical Realism
- Alan Jarvis, Esq, Global Editorial Director, HSS Books at Taylor & Francis
- Professor Roy Bhaskar, World Scholar, Institute of Education, University of London, Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor
- The Right Reverend Dr. Richard Cheetham, Bishop of Kingston, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- The Right Honourable Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Minister for London, Curriculum for Cohesion Lead Patron
- Jonathan Freeman, Esq, National Director, Mosaic
- Dr Matthew Wilkinson, Director, Curriculum for Cohesion, Visiting Fellow Institute of Education, University of London, Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College
- Mohammed Amin, Esq, Chairman, Conservative Muslim Forum, Curriculum for Cohesion Lead Donor, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- Mrs Lucy Wilkinson, Project Director, Curriculum for Cohesion
- Sir Anthony Figgis, KCVO CMG, Chairman, Royal Over-Seas League, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- Farooq Murad, Esq, Secretary General, The Muslim Council of Britain
- Sir David Calvert-Smith, Chairman, The Parole Board, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- Mrs Zahra Afshar, Solicitor, Police Action Centre, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- Mr Del Babu OBE
- Dr Taha Afshar, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- Mr Willayet Khokhar MBE, Muslim Aid, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- Bashir Timol, Esq, Trustee, 1st Ethical Charitable Trust, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- Ms Nafisah Kara, Muslim Aid, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- Mr Max Hill QC, Head of Chambers, Red Lion Chambers, Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor
- Detective Superintendent David Smart, National Counter Terrorism Policing HQ – Prevent
- Ms Baljit Ubhey OBE, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Thames Valley, The Crown Prosecution Service
Guests not in the photo:
- Aaqil Ahmed, Esq, BBC Head of Commissioning, Religion TV & Head of Religion & Ethics, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- Abu Akeem, Esq, Muslim Aid, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- Dr Atif Imtiaz, Academic Director, Cambridge Muslim College
- Mr Matthew Ryder QC, Matrix Chambers
- Waqaus Ali, Esq, Trustee, 1st Ethical Charitable Trust, Curriculum for Cohesion Donor
- The Right Honourable Simon Hughes MP, Minister of State for Justice & Civil Liberties, Curriculum for Cohesion Patron
- Timothy Winter, Esq, Shaykh Zayed Lecturer of Islamic Studies at University of Cambridge, Dean, Cambridge Muslim College, Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor