From right: Prof Tsunenobu Ban, Mrs Ban, Prof Bob Jackson, Alice Pyke, Simeon Wallis, Dr Julia Ipgrave (in the foreground), Angela Quartermaine (at the back), Giovanna Caramagno (far left)

On 22nd November WRERU welcomed Professor Tsunenobu Ban, Professor of Sociology of Education at Naruto University of Education, and a leading figure in values education in Japan, and Mrs Ban, a specialist in comparative education together with Giovanna Caramagno, a researcher in religious diversity and education from the the University of Torino (Turin), Italy.

Our guests had discussions about each other's research programmes with members of the WRERU team, including PhD students Alice Pyke, Angela Quartermaine and Simeon Wallis, plus Prof Bob Jackson, Dr Julia Ipgrave and Dr Ursula McKenna.

Professor Bob Jackson