Prof. Gus John Education Prof. Gus John is one of the UK’s leading educationalists. He is a visiting professor of the University of Strathclyde. He has published extensively and completed consultancy for business, local authorities, the Higher Education sector, central government and at a European level. He is a member of the Home Office Race Relations Forum, Chair of the Community Empowerment Network, member of the Home Office Minister's Race Equality Advisory Panel, Chair of Parents and Students Empowerment and founding Chairman of the Communities Empowerment Network and former Director of Education and Leisure Services in the borough of Hackney. Prof. Gus John is also Chair of the Gus John Partnership, his Manchester based consultancy. Recent publications include: Promoting Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion in Civil Society and Work, (in proceedings of the UK Presidency Manchester Conference: The Learning Age - Towards a Europe of Knowledge, May 1998) Social Exclusion Unit, Cabinet Office The Crisis Facing Black Children in the British Schooling System -a call to independent action by black students and black parents (2003), the Gus John Partnership Limited Race for Justice - research report of a study of 15,000 prosecutors' case files with respect to bias in decision making in the case review process on the basis of 'race' and gender (2003), Crown Prosecution Service, The Stationery Office Career Aspirations and Influences on Black and Minority Ethnic Youth (2004), a report of research for PATH Scotland funded by the Scottish Executive, University of Strathclyde Inclusive Communication & Consultation Report & accompanying Communication and Consultation Toolkit (2004) (action-research in collaboration with 9 HE Institutions on communication and consultation in meeting the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000), the Equality Challenge Unit and the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff, London. School Exclusion and Transition, into Adulthood in African Caribbean Communities (2005, Joseph Rowntree Foundation), with Cecile Wright, Penny Standen and Gerry German and Tina Patel.