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The Prevent duty: can teachers be judges?

By Bob Hindle Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Ethnicity Posted: December 14, 2016

Prevent is one of the four Ps that make up the government’s post 9/11 counter-terrorism strategy: Prepare for attacks, Protect the public, Pursue the attackers and Prevent their radicalisation in the first place. Bob Hindle looks at how the Prevent duty is applied in schools and colleges and highlights areas of necessary reform. Teacher decision-making […]

Tagged With: colleges, counter-extremism strategy, education, extremism, MIE, prevent, radicalisation, schools

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Racism at work still persists; time for urgent action

Stephen AsheJames Nazroo By Stephen Ashe and James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: November 14, 2016

It is almost 50 years since the Race Relations Act was amended to outlaw racial discrimination in employment. Drawing on their new report Stephen Ashe and James Nazroo argue that the evidence strongly demonstrates that there remains a need for employers and the Government to take urgent action against the entrenched nature of racism and […]

Tagged With: discrimination, inequality, racism, workplace

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Devo Manc and the Northern Powerhouse – why we must stop excluding young people

By Sarah Marie Hall and Laura Pottinger Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Ethnicity Posted: August 12, 2016

Next May, for the first time, Greater Manchester will go to the polls to vote for a Mayor who will oversee key areas including housing, transport and policing, as well as controlling the recently-devolved £6bn health and social care budget. But will young people’s voices be heard and what is being done to engage them? […]

Tagged With: Brexit, DevoManc, Northern Powerhouse, OnDevo, young people

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Racial inequality in mental health services: we can’t fix the problem if we don’t have the data

By Dharmi Kapadia Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity Posted: July 1, 2016

An extra £1 billion a year by 2020-21 and a pledge from NHS England to help a million more people facing mental health problems was announced earlier this year.  Recommendations included the appointment of an “equalities champion”. But, argues Dr Dharmi Kapadia, while racial inequalities in mental health treatment are apparent,  how can they be tackled […]

Tagged With: data, ethnicity, mental health, racial inequality

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Out of Africa: Asylum seekers, Europe and the ‘capacity to aspire’

By Tanja Müller Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, Ethnicity Posted: June 23, 2016

Recent debates about Europe in light of the EU Referendum have centred heavily on two main issues – immigration and the economy.  To mark Refugee Week, which seeks to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, Tanja Müller argues that EU asylum and refugee law is making unfair distinctions between countries, and that the […]

Tagged With: asylum, europe, immigration, refugees

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Racial disadvantage: are some Government policies contributing?

By James Rhodes Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity Posted: June 6, 2016

When Sadiq Khan was sworn in as the new London mayor last month, the Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy, said that the first Muslim mayor of any capital city in the EU could “pave the way for a ‘prime minister of colour’”. James Rhodes says this appointment is a great leap in the right direction […]

Tagged With: equality, ethnic minorities, immigration, racial discrimination

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Misleading, irresponsible and dangerous; why Phillips and co should apologise for ‘What British Muslims Really Think’

Bridget ByrneJames Nazroo By Bridget Byrne and James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: April 18, 2016

Britain’s former equalities chief Trevor Phillips created a swathe of headlines last week by declaring the nation is “in danger of sacrificing a generation of young British people to values that are antithetical to the beliefs of most of us”. But, argue Bridget Byrne and James Nazroo, this sweeping statement is based on misrepresentation of […]

Tagged With: ethnicity, Islam, muslims, segregation, shariah, trevor phillips, UK

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The use of hotels is a sign of failing asylum accommodation policy

By Jonathan Darling Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity Posted: March 24, 2016

With news of the hotel chain Britannia accommodating up to 300 asylum seekers in a hotel in Manchester, Dr Jonathan Darling argues that this reliance on hotels demonstrates a failing asylum accommodation policy. The hotel, in Northenden, has been used by the private contractor Serco to house asylum seekers as part of the UK’s dispersal […]

Tagged With: asylum, asylum seekers, housing, privatisation

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Testing times: why the UK’s citizenship tests fail to deliver

Bridget Byrne By Bridget Byrne Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: February 12, 2016

Citizenship tests were introduced in the UK in 2005, as part of a raft of innovations in the area of citizenship and naturalisation.  But are these tests requiring immigrants to the UK to become ‘super-citizens’, before we allow them to have full citizenship rights?  Dr Bridget Byrne, author of recent research into the test, argues […]

Tagged With: citizenship, citizenship ceremonies, citizenship test, immigration, migration

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Hollywood So White

Eithne Quinn By Eithne Quinn Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: February 2, 2016

Following the recent media storm around an all-white Oscar nomination list, it’s the wider industry inequality that needs to be addressed.  Without ‘root and branch’ change, diversifying the Oscars alone could even make things worse, argues Dr Eithne Quinn. Behind the recent #OscarsSoWhite controversy over the all-white slate of actors nominated for this year’s Oscars […]

Tagged With: diversity, equality, film industry, Oscars

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