Richard Teare
President, Global University for Lifelong Learning
Dr Richard Teare is President, Global University for Lifelong Learning.
Richard has been committed to work and community-based learning since the mid-1990s and he has helped to create learning and development applications for numerous organizations in different parts of the world. In 2007, he co-founded the Global University for Lifelong Learning with Edward Mooney, GULL’s Chairman. Prior to his current role, he held professorships at four UK universities and he has been a journal editor for more than 30 years. His academic publications include 23 authored, co-authored and edited books on aspects of community development, service management and organizational learning. He is the author of Lifelong Action Learning: A Journey of Discovery and Celebration at Work and in the Community (Amazon, 2018) co-author of Lifelong Action Learning for Community Development (Sense, 2013) and Designing Inclusive Pathways with Young Adults (Sense, 2015) the first and second in a Brill | Sense Publishers series of books about GULL’s work with communities.
GULL’s mission is a source of self-help and encouragement to low income communities around the world and Richard has accepted a number of awards on behalf of GULL. In 2010, he was initiated as an honorary Chief by the Masi sub-Clan, Lihir Islands, Papua New Guinea. He also received the Royal Award of the King of Surakata, Indonesia and was awarded the honorary Title of Gaurawacharya (Teacher of Honour) by the South Asian Academy for Good Governance in Sri Lanka. In 2012, he received a Knighthood from the Royal Order of the Noor of Buayan, Sultanate of Buayan, Philippines in 2014, the Officer’s Cross of the Companionate of the White Swan, established by the Princely House of Kasperski to recognize (among other fields) service to the community and in October 2016, the Vice-Rector’s Award for Community Engagement, University of the Free State, South Africa.
GULL’s co-founders are people of faith and we are passionate about the pressing global need to provide development and empowerment opportunities for people of all, cultures, traditions, faiths, and ethnicities especially for the low paid, disadvantaged groups and the poorest – globally.
