Mr Malcolm Richards
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Collaborations:
- Director of Network for Black Studies in Education across Britain (United Kingdom)
- StoryArcs Fellow // BathSpa University (United Kingdom)
- Member of Education and Childhood Research Group // UWE Bristol (United Kingdom)
- Co-lead of Equity in Education // Education and Childhood Research Group // UWE Bristol (United Kingdom)
- Position:
- Senior Lecturer in Education
- Department:
- ACE - Education and Childhood
- Telephone:
- +441173282332
- Email:
- Malcolm.Richards@uwe.ac.uk
- Social media:
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About me
I am a Black British teacher-researcher. I am a cis-heterosexual male, born in Hackney to Caribbean (Guyana and St Lucia) parents of African descent. I am the eldest of three children. I am an English and (English) Caribbean patois speaker. I am RastafarI. I am a graduate of the Black Supplementary School Movement (Josina Machel and Dimbaleh, London). I have also been formally educated at every level of the English schooling system (from EYFS to PhD). I am a qualified teacher and have previously held senior leadership roles within local authority schools, including serving on school governance committees across England. I have extensive experience in developing initial teacher education and training, as well as in teacher training and development, across various settings, including schools, youth and community education, and the lifelong learning sector.
Since 2022, I have worked at UWE Bristol in the School of Education and Childhood as a Senior Lecturer in Education. I currently teach on programmes across SEAC's Primary Education (undergraduate), Primary PGCE, MA in Education (distance learning) and Doctor of Education EdD (postgraduate). In 2026-27, I am the module lead for UTLH3L-30-M Introduction to Race, Social Justice, and Sustainability (MA Education) and Exploratory Project (BA (Hons) Primary Education).
I co-lead the Equity in Education research strand for the Education and Childhood Research Group. I am also a member of the research ethics board for UWE Bristol College of Health, Science and Society. I am also the founder of Network for Black Studies in Education across Britain (NBSE).
Area of expertise
I welcome enquiries from anyone interested in research on rural racism, teacher education, teaching, and schooling in rural communities; Funds of Identity theory; Anti-Racist Education; Critical Pedagogy and Dialogic Teaching; and critical methodologies for transforming educational experiences.
For my scholarly activity, I have been awarded several awards, including Churchill Fellowship (2014), Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Teacher Scholar (2019), University of Exeter Education Incubator (2020, 2021), UWE Bristol Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Rapid Response Grant (2024), and StoryArcs Fellow (2025).
Funded Projects
AHRC x Bath Spa StoryArcs Fellow (£9k, PI, 2025–26): Pedagogical Brilliance: Stories with Black educators and teaching in schools across Britain – collecting stories and promoting storytelling with Black educators, developing, archiving, and publishing compelling publications of practice.
SSHRC Partnership Development Goals (University of Windsor, Canada) ($198k CAD), Co-I, 2025–28): Enhancing Teacher Candidates' Research Capacity and Social-Emotional Competencies: A Canada--Botswana Collaboration on Student Mobility, Engagement, and Writing for Scholarship.
Publications
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