IRR News
New exhibition on the Anti-Apartheid movement
A new exhibition has opened at the Museum of London that celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement.
25 June 2009 (369 words)
guardian
Government considers ban on BNP teachers
The government is investigating a possible ban on BNP party members working as teachers in schools.
24 June 2009 (external article)
bbc news College students face removal
A test case before an immigration tribunal could have repercussions for thousands of foreign students who attended a college in east London and could be forced to leave the UK if it is found that their diplomas were fraudulently obtained.
24 June 2009 (external article)
France: academic freedom under threat
A campaign to safeguard intellectual freedom has been formed in France to support a researcher who faces disciplinary action in connection with his work on Islamophobia.
18 June 2009 (1093 words)
SOAS occupied after cleaners detained and forcibly removed
Students have taken action after nine cleaners, who campaigned for a 'living wage' whilst working at a top London university, were detained in a dawn raid by immigration officers dressed in full riot gear.
18 June 2009 (572 words)
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Universities must not ride the wave of xenophobia
By Scott Poynting, Martin Ralph, Ann Singleton, Steve Tombs & Dave Whyte
We reproduce below a statement by a number of UK-based academics.
18 June 2009 (1369 words)
south devon herald express Terror law hits student trade
Torbay's language schools have estimated that they could lose up to £1 million a year because British embassies outside Europe are refusing student visas in an attempt to crack down on suspected terrorists entering the UK as students.
11 June 2009 (external article)
review
Racism: a beginner's guide
A short, accessible and jargon-free introduction to theories of racism.
11 June 2009 (858 words)
guardian Warning over vulnerable asylum-seeking children
The Refugee Council has warned that children seeking asylum in the UK will be wrongly denied education and given no more help than adult asylum seekers as a result of a Home Office funding cut.
2 June 2009 (external article)
times educational supplement New data reveals race-bully exclusions soaring
Government figures have shown that temporary exclusions due to racist abuse and attacks have increased by more than 40 per cent at secondary schools and by 20 per cent at primaries over the course of three years.
2 June 2009 (external article)
guardian University lecturers vote on 'discriminatory' rules
Lecturers at the University and College Union (UCU) annual conference are to consider a motion which calls for 'discriminatory' rules and compulsory biometric identity cards for overseas students to be scrapped.
26 May 2009 (external article)
guardian Flawed decision-making deterring overseas students
Business school leaders have warned that the incorrect interpretation of the new points-based immigration system by immigration officials is deterring overseas students who bring billions of pounds to the UK economy.
18 May 2009 (external article)
Academics refuse to police immigration
IRR News reproduces a collective letter by academics who 'decry the insidious way in which [they] are being used to monitor foreign students and staff'.[1]
13 May 2009 (1178 words)
Free anti-racist training workshops for community groups
The IRR is running a series of training workshops for community groups.
30 April 2009 (526 words)
Excluded pupils' group on brink of collapse
A vital community group working with excluded BME children faces closure because of funding shortfalls.
30 April 2009 (415 words)
bbc news Teachers report 'racist bullying'
A Teachers TV survey of 802 teachers has found that nearly half say racist bullying is a problem in their schools.
27 April 2009 (external article)
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Remembering Blair Peach: 30 Years on
By Chris Searle
A friend and colleague remembers Blair Peach, killed by a member of the Special Patrol Group in Southall during a demonstration against the National Front (NF) on 23 April 1979.
23 April 2009 (1556 words)
Growing academic campaign against immigration rules
Thirty-seven academics have begun a boycott of government immigration rules on students, labelling them as discriminatory.
22 April 2009 (176 words)
Faith schools survey follows report criticisms
Ofsted has been ordered to carry out a survey of some faith schools, weeks after a critical, right-wing report was published on Muslim schools.
17 March 2009 (414 words)
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Conference highlights exclusions
By Saleh Mamon
A report on the recent London Schools and the Black Child (LSBC) conference organised annually by Diane Abbott, MP.
19 February 2009 (905 words)
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