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Vini Lander is Professor of Race and Education and Director of the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality (CRED) in the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University. Vini’s research focuses on race, ethnicity and education. She uses critical race theory as a theoretical framework to examine ‘race’ inequalities in education, specifically in teacher education.
As Director of CRED, a research and practice centre, Professor Lander has delivered professional development for more than 100 institutions including schools Multi-Academy Trusts, the NHS, medical educators, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and many others. She has provided consultancy for prestigious organisations supporting their ambitions plans to become anti-racist establishments.
In collaboration with Professor Heather Smith, at Newcastle University she completed research on the provision of anti-racist pedagogy in initial teacher education and training (ITE/T) which led to the writing of the anti-racism framework for ITE/T. This was launched at a successful conference in March 2023 which was attended by more than 100 ITE/T providers. Professors Smith and Lander have completed a number of seminars about the framework for teacher educators including colleagues at Hiroshima University.
The antiracism framework for initial teacher education and training (ITE/T) in England is an ongoing project for our team, engaging with ITE/T providers across England, with the aim of making...
Continue reading blog postReflecting on my own educational and professional journey – from my time as a teenager, as an undergraduate student teacher, and now as a professor in England – it is clear how crucial it is...
Continue reading blog postThe ½¿É«µ¼º½ Equality in Education Award recognizes an individual whose work has sought to address wider issues of inequality and discrimination in education.  The nominee’s work will not only...
In August 2023, I became the inaugural recipient of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Equality in Education Award in recognition of my race equity work in education. In this blog post I reflect on how race and racism have...
Continue reading blog postCongratulations to the winners of the 2023 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Awards
IN THIS SESSION Educational justice through inclusion: Promising practices and hopeful futures Elizabeth Walton1, Sally Elton-Chalcraft2, Deborah Sabric3, Amber Fensham-Smith4, Vini...
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Equality in Education Award recognizes an individual whose work has sought to address wider issues of inequality and discrimination in education.  The nominee’s work will not only...
