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2024
22
January
2024
| 11:11 Europe/London
An international collaborative led by The University of Manchester and the University of Leicester has published a new paper which outlines how to reduce COVID-19 health inequity among ethnic minority groups.
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17
January
2024
| 11:44 Europe/London
Claire Alexander’s new book, Revisiting the Asian Gang: Changing Muslim Masculinities is out now, published by Bloomsbury.In her groundbreaking ethnography The Asian Gang, published in 2000, Claire Alexander explored the creation of Asian Muslim
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2023
06
December
2023
| 18:55 Europe/London
A new report from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) reveals that despite security staff being a common sight on university campuses, only one third (30.8%) of students surveyed agreed that they keep students safe on campus. The report
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07
November
2023
| 11:48 Europe/London
Race & Ethnicity in Britain is a new podcast mini-series produced in collaboration between the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and Surviving Society.In the first episode, host Chantelle Lewis discusses the challenges of communicating
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04
October
2023
| 13:26 Europe/London
In March 2023, NHS midwife Olukemi Akinmeji won an employment tribunal case against the hospital in Kent where, as an employee, she had faced race discrimination and victimisation.
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12
September
2023
| 11:09 Europe/London
New data from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity at The University of Manchester has revealed disturbing ethnic inequalities in rates of financial hardship in the UK. 
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25
May
2023
| 12:09 Europe/London
A new briefing from The University of Manchester’s Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and the Runnymede Trust has highlighted the need to use teacher training and Initial Teaching Education (ITE) to develop a more diverse and inclusive
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19
May
2023
| 15:41 Europe/London
Gary Younge, award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023. Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and
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04
May
2023
| 12:00 Europe/London
New research led by experts from The University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews, the University of Essex and the University of Nottingham suggests that people from ethnic and religious minority groups are more likely to be interested in
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19
April
2023
| 11:00 Europe/London
More than a third of people from ethnic and religious minority groups in Britain have experienced some form of racist assault, according to new research led by experts from The University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews and King’s
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24
January
2023
| 11:44 Europe/London
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP has welcomed a report by experts from The University of Manchester which highlighted the issue of racial bias in the justice system, after a meeting to discuss the findings with the academics and co-authors
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12
January
2023
| 18:30 Europe/London
Dharmi Kapadia (with Jingwen Zhang and James Nazroo) won the staff category for her influential report which uncovered stark ethnic inequalities in healthcare. Commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory the report was covered widely in
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06
January
2023
| 17:42 Europe/London
The full text of Anti-Racist Scholar Activism by Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly is now available to download or read online for free.The book, originally published by Manchester University Press in 2021, won funding for free online access
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2022
19
December
2022
| 10:12 Europe/London
HyperionDev, one of the largest global providers of online coding boot camps, is now working with three major education bodies in England: The University of Manchester, The Department for Education (DfE) and University of Nottingham Online in a bid
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15
December
2022
| 11:32 Europe/London
Racism is the ‘fundamental cause’ of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among ethnic minority groups, according to a newly published briefing from the Runnymede Trust and The University of Manchester’s Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity.
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18
October
2022
| 18:00 Europe/London
A new report by experts from The University of Manchester and barrister Keir Monteith KC has raised urgent questions about racial attitudes and practices in the justice system in England and Wales.  
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22
July
2022
| 00:05 Europe/London
 Dharmi Kapadia is leading a new project on gambling harms. The project will investigate why people gamble, the harm caused by gambling and how services that support gamblers can be made more accessible to minority ethnic groups.
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20
July
2022
| 16:37 Europe/London
A new project is researching the impact of security and policing on UK university campuses. If you are a current student or graduated since 2020 we would love to hear your views via our survey.The aim of the research is to understand students’
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15
March
2022
| 09:00 Europe/London
The pandemic has worsened pre-existing inequalities in the creative and cultural industries by causing job insecurity and financial instability among ethnically diverse people employed in the sector, according to a new report. This is particularly
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14
February
2022
| 14:07 Europe/London
A major new review into ethnic inequalities in healthcare has revealed vast inequalities across a range of health services in the UK.
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26
January
2022
| 14:52 Europe/London
The activities of the network will be driven by the needs and concerns of the members. It will provide focused research workshops on substantive questions within race and ethnicity, as well as career development sessions such as on recruitment
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2021
07
December
2021
| 13:41 Europe/London
This group entered the pandemic at a disadvantage due to pre-existing inequalities in housing, health, employment and income. Some older ethnic minority people were also particularly hard hit by lockdown and restrictions on social mixing.The
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25
November
2021
| 16:27 Europe/London
Many anti-racist scholars have wrestled with the contradictions of working within a higher education system that often perpetuates social injustice. Anti-Racist Scholar Activism shows how students and academics can work within universities and
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18
October
2021
| 14:53 Europe/London
In a collaboration between the University's Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and The Runnymede Trust, a new briefing has highlighted how the pandemic has impacted the UK’s ethnically diverse high streets.
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28
September
2021
| 11:13 Europe/London
David Olusoga OBE, Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, is chairing a special panel discussion on the debate around statues and public memorials in Manchester and Bristol as part of Black History Month.
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13
September
2021
| 09:01 Europe/London
A new report raises concerns about the policing of the pandemic and shows that racially minoritised communities have been most harshly affected - being more likely to be stopped by the police, threatened or subject to police violence and falsely
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07
July
2021
| 13:41 Europe/London
Gary has been awarded his fellowship in recognition of his books: Another Day in the Death of America, A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives and The Speech, The Story Behind Martin Luther King’s Dream. Commenting on the fellowship, Gary
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28
May
2021
| 12:05 Europe/London
Award-winning author, broadcaster and columnist turned Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2021.The Orwell Prizes are awarded every year to the writing and reporting which best meets the
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27
May
2021
| 11:54 Europe/London
Paying tribute to Gary’s work at the awarding ceremony, Simon Hattenstone, Guardian reporter, said he was ‘fiery, inspirational, motivational’. Alan Rusbridger, former Guardian editor said Gary was ‘tough but fair always on
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25
May
2021
| 10:35 Europe/London
Dharmi Kapadia has written a Race Equality Foundation briefing on the impact of COVID-19 on older people. Ethnic minority older people are one of the groups worst affected by the pandemic, with higher infection rates and mortality rates than their
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