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John Cherry, the Tory councillor for Chichester, has resigned from the Conservative Party after making racist comments about Pakistani school children.
As the twentieth anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence approaches, the IRR examines racial violence since his death in 1993.
The Muslim Council of Britain has criticised Michael Gove’s planned reforms to the national history curriculum, accusing him of ignoring Muslim contributions to British history.
A collection of essays on varieties of European racism contains valuable insights and useful lessons.
Under the government’s anti-terrorism strategy, a co-ordinator has been appointed in Manchester to prevent college and university students from being ‘radicalised’.
The Home Office has lifted a ban on overseas students enrolling at London Metropolitan University as a result of the university making improvements to its monitoring systems. It will also be on probation for a year.
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The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has criticised the government’s plan to oblige schools to check the immigration status of students and has called the policy regressive and racist.
A Labour MP has criticised the current government for having failed to implement most recommendations made by a cross-party inquiry on measures to prevent 2011’s riots.
Michael Gove’s reform of the national history curriculum has caused widespread concern.
Point Blank Music School in North London has had its sponsor licence revoked by UKBA, meaning that it can no longer offer sponsorship to non-EU students, affecting 40 students currently enrolled at the college.
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A new report shows that black and minority ethnic children are far more likely to be permanently excluded from schools.
Racist messages have been sprayed on the planned site of a Sikh secondary school in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.
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IRR News continues its discussion with A. Sivanandan about Miliband’s policies.
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has told councils to stop translating information services into other languages, claiming that they reduce the incentive for migrants to learn English.
An agency providing supply teachers has claimed that some outer London schools seem unwilling to hire non-white teachers.
Three men calling themselves the ‘Infidels of Britain’ held a protest outside a Birmingham school following the death of a nine year old student three weeks earlier was alleged to be a result of racist bullying.
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A new oral history project on anti-racist activity in London wants to record the experiences of those active in anti-racist struggles.
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Newly published figures have revealed that immigration of foreign students has decreased by 17 per cent in the year to June 2012.
Figures have been released that show white applicants are twice as likely than BME candidates to be admitted to some University of Oxford courses.
Apr 11 2013
‘May we bring harmony’? Thatcher’s legacy on ‘race’
Cameron’s nativist policies begin with Thatcher.
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