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“To the barricades!”
On 13th May 2013, Diane Abbott MP put out a call to the 10th London Schools and the Black Child (LSBC) Conference: “Black Children & Education: After Gove, where next?”. For the past 13 years, the Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) has been campaigning for equality and justice in schooling and education and against the practice of
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Special report about media and the riots on sale
On 26 November 2011, professor Gus John delivered the keynote address at the “Media and the Riots” national conference , which was promoted by the Citizen Journalism Educational Trust and The-Latest.Com. The conference’s output has been turned into a report that is now for sale. Media and the Riots – A Call For Action is the first report to
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Mending Broken Britain? Education’s Response
Last February, Professor Gus John delivered a keynote address at the “Mending Broken Britain? Education’s Response” Conference, which was organised by Curriculum Enrichment for the Common Era (CE4CE) and sponsored by Birmingham City University. Against the background of the riots that spread across Britain in August 2011, this national conference aimed to unpick something of the complex
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Black and minority ethnic staff face ‘disadvantage’
(This article was originally published by the Times Higher Education) Efforts to promote race equality in higher education have petered out and had “little impact”, a conference has heard. Speaking at the British Sociological Association’s annual conference in Leeds on 13 April, Andrew Pilkington, professor of sociology at University of Northampton, said the impact of
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School Exclusion Ruins Lives. No Excuses!
On May 16th, professor Gus John will deliver the keynote address at the “School Exclusion Ruins Lives. No Excuses!” conference. The event, organised by the Communities Empowerment Network (CEN), aims to give a response to the recommendations outlined by CSJ ‘No Excuses’ report (dated September 2011) and the Children’s Commissioner School Exclusions Inquiry. The Lilian Baylis Technology School, in London,
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