ethnic inequalities

From aspirational thinking to strategic planning – breaking down the barriers of inequality for children and young people

By Chae-Young Kim and Carlo Raffo Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Urban Posted: August 28, 2025

Addressing the impacts of socioeconomic inequality on children and young people has been a key priority for successive UK governments across recent decades, particularly in response to wider concerns about development, wellbeing, and prospects for upward social mobility. The current government’s mission, ‘Break Down Barriers to Opportunity’, reaffirms this commitment and outlines key focus areas […]

Still disadvantaged? The educational attainment of ethnic minority groups

By Kitty Lymperopoulou Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: May 14, 2015

Despite the educational attainment gap between ethnic minority groups and the White British group narrowing, some ethnic minority groups continue to experience inequalities in education, explains Dr Kitty Lymperopoulou, who has contributed to a book on Ethnic identity and inequalities in Britain which has just been published. Education policy under successive governments in the UK has been […]

Two Things We Need to Say About Race That Are True

By Laurence Brown Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Featured Posted: March 20, 2015

Social inequalities and racial discrimination powerfully impact on the lives of Britain’s ethnic minorities. These are the two issues that have to be central to any political conversation about race in today’s society. Described by The Times as “among the most important documentaries of the decade” Channel 4’s Things We Won’t Say About Race That […]

Still disadvantaged? The educational attainment of ethnic minority groups

Two Things We Need to Say About Race That Are True

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