Muhammad Bari

Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari MBE, DL is a knowledge-driven activist and action-driven academic. He is an educationalist, parenting consultant and author. His career began with Physics research at King’s College London in the early 1980s and he then moved into secondary teaching in the 1990s, taking an early retirement as a Specialist teacher in Behaviour Support in 2011. Since then, he has focused on writing, working with civil society bodies and mentoring young people. Dr Bari has had a long involvement with several influential voluntary organisations including the Muslim Council of Britain, Citizens UK and East London Mosque as well as a few large charities. He also served as a board member of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (London 2012). He is an Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary University of London and holds an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of East London.