On 25 June 2013 Curriculum for Cohesion held a dinner at the Royal Over-Seas League to bring together the project’s academics, patrons and friends.
On this page is a video of the speeches by the Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter) Sir Anthony Figgis KCVO CMG, Dr Matthew Wilkinson, Mr Mohammed Amin and the Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP.
The speeches
You can watch all of the speeches consecutively by playing the video below. Alternatively if you just want to see a particular speech please click the link next to the speaker’s name below.
- The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP Click here
- Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter) Click here
- Sir Anthony Figgis KCVO CMG Click here
- Dr Matthew Wilkinson Click here
- Dr Wilkinson presenting a photograph of his great-grandfather Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO SGM to Mohammed Amin Click here
- Mr Mohammed Amin Click here
- The Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP Click here
Curriculum For Cohesion Dinner 2013 from Curriculum for Cohesion on Vimeo.
From left to right:
- Mr. Abu Akeem – UK Programmes Officer, Muslim Aid and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor.
- Mr. Kevin Wilson – Head of Marketing, Communications & Development, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution.
- Mr. Waqaus Ali – Trustee, 1stEthical Charitable Trust and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor.
- Ms. Sarah Joseph OBE – Editor and CEO, Emel Magazine.
- Dr. Julia Ipgrave – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Education, University of Warwick.
- Ms. Aisling Cohn – Schools Manager, Three Faiths Forum.
- Mr. Mohammed Aziz – Director, Centre for Public Education, Woolf Institute and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution.
- Dr. Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE – Chairman, East London Mosque and Curriculum for Cohesion Patron.
- Ms. Ingrid Stellmacher – Founder and CEO, Le Menach Foundation.
- Professor Gary McCulloch – Head of Humanities & Social Sciences, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution.
- Mr. Jonathan Freeman – National Director, Mosaic.
- Mr. Ajmal Masroor – Director, Barefoot Institute.
- Mr. Aaqil Ahmed – BBC Commissioning Editor Religion & Head of Religion & Ethics.
- Right Reverend Dr. Richard Cheetham – Bishop of Kingston and Curriculum for Cohesion Patron.
- Sir Anthony Figgis KCVO CMG – Chairman, Royal Over-Seas League and Curriculum for Cohesion Patron.
- Ms. Rebecca Long – Assistant to Professor Roy Bhaskar, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution.
- Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Romain – Chief Rabbi, Maidenhead Synagogue.
- Professor Roy Bhaskar – World Scholar, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor and Partner Institution.
- Mr. Mohsin Chohan – Director, Winners Property Co Ltd.
- The late Mr. Arjan Vekaria – former President, Hindu Forum of Britain
- Dr. Taha Afshar – Representing the Director, Ahmad Tea and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor.
- Dr. Matthew Wilkinson – Director & Principal Researcher, Curriculum for Cohesion.
- Sir David Calvert-Smith QC – Chairman, Parole Board, and former Director of Public Prosecutions for England & Wales and former High Court Judge
- Mrs. Lucy Wilkinson – Project Director, Curriculum for Cohesion.
- Dr. Robin Whitburn – Lecturer in History Education, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution.
- Mr. John Keast OBE – Chair, Religious Education Council of England & Wales.
- Mr. Iftikhar Awan – Director, Awan Consulting Limited.
- Mr. Mohammed Amin – Deputy Chairman, Conservative Muslim Forum and Curriculum for Cohesion Patron and Head of Committee of Donors.
- H R H Princess Badiya of Jordan – Former Chair of Mosaic.
- Mr. Syed Saif-Ur-Rehman Shah – Manager & Senior Vice President, Habib Bank AG Zurich.
- Right Honourable Sadiq Khan – Member of Parliament for Tooting and Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Curriculum for Cohesion Lead Patron.
- Professor Richard Andrews – Dean of Faculty and Professor in English, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution.
- Mrs. Basma El-Shayyal – Head of Religious Education, Islamia Girls School and Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor.
- Mr. Amjid Faquir – Curriculum for Cohesion Donor.
- Mr. Shabir Randeree – Managing Director, DCD London & Mutual plc.
- Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter) – Dean, Cambridge Muslim College and Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge and Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor, Donor and Partner Institution.
- Ms. Mary Earl – Lecturer in Education, University of Cambridge.
- Dr. Katharine Burn – Lecturer in History Education, Institute of Education, University of London and Curriculum for Cohesion Partner Institution, and Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford.
- Dr. Claire Foster-Gilbert – Director, Westminster Abbey Institute.
- Dr. Edward Kessler OBE – Executive Director, Woolf Institute and Curriculum for Cohesion Academic Advisor and Partner Institution.
- Dr. Seán Lang – Senior Lecturer, History, Anglia Ruskin University and Chair, Better History Forum.
- Ms. Kath Goudie – History PGCE Course Convenor, University of Cambridge.
- The Reverend Canon Andrew Tremlett – Canon of Westminster Abbey and Chairman, Westminster Abbey Institute.
- Ms. Bernadette Hunter – President, National Association of Head Teachers.
- Imam Mohammed Abid Khan – Project Supervisor, 1st Ethical Charitable Trust and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor.
- Dr. Atif Imtiaz – Academic Director, Cambridge Muslim College and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor and Partner Institution.
- Mr. Willayet Khokhar MBE – Community Liaison Officer, Muslim Aid and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor.
- Mr. Galib Virani – Associate Director, Afren plc.
- Dr. Muhammad As’ad – Principal, Cambridge Muslim College and Curriculum for Cohesion Donor and Partner Institution.