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New briefing highlights damaging impact of Covid-19 on high streets
18 Oct 2021
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...
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David Olusoga to chair discussion on diversity in statues and public memorials
28 Sep 2021
David Olusoga OBE, Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, is chairing a special panel discussion on the debate around statues ...
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New report suggests pandemic policing undermines public health measures whilst disproportionately targeting Black and Minority Ethnic communities
13 Sep 2021
A new report raises concerns about the policing of the pandemic and shows that racially minoritised communities have been most harshly affected - ...
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Gary Younge made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
7 Jul 2021
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 ...
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Professor of Sociology shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2021
28 May 2021
Award-winning author, broadcaster and columnist turned Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism ...
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Gary Younge honoured by National Union of Journalists
27 May 2021
Paying tribute to Gary’s work at the awarding ceremony, Simon Hattenstone, Guardian reporter, said he was ‘fiery, inspirational, motivational’....
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Briefing on impact of COVID-19 on older ethnic minority people
25 May 2021
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 ...
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Gary Younge presents radio documentary on racial passing
12 May 2021
Gary Younge explores stories of racial passing through the prism of one of his favourite books, Passing, by Nella Larsen. The 1929 novella tells the ...
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COVID lockdowns exacerbated racist policing in the UK, say experts
11 May 2021
The nationwide coronavirus lockdowns and enhancement of police powers have disproportionately harmed communities of colour, according to a new ...
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Pandemic is a wake-up call on inequality
30 Apr 2021
She says that 'one of the lessons of the pandemic is that racism and racial inequality kill' but that we are now at a pivotal point where we can ...
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CoDE response to commission on race and ethnic disparities report
1 Apr 2021
We believe that the report is alarming and unrelated to the facts. It fails to see the considerable and longstanding body of evidence on structural ...
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How COVID-19 has impacted apprenticeships for young ethnic minorities
18 Mar 2021
Key points: Despite some growth in the number of apprenticeship starts by ethnic minority learners, their representation relative to the secondary ...
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Racial inequality in a time of crisis: recordings now online
15 Mar 2021
‘Racial Inequality in a Time of Crisis’ was a week-long conference exploring the impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minority people in the UK. The ...
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Young ethnic minorities continually bear the brunt of recessions – here’s how to stop it
24 Feb 2021
The official unemployment figures that have just been published for the last quarter of 2020 reveal the continued economic impact of COVID-19 on ...
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UK’s first survey of ethnic and religious minority people during Covid-19 launches
16 Feb 2021
The UK’s first and largest survey of its kind to document the impact of Covid-19, and the lockdowns, on the lives of 17,000 ethnic and religious ...
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Report reveals a lack of progress in reducing ethnic and racial inequality
5 Feb 2021
In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020, the Prime Minister announced an inquiry. The cross-governmental ‘Commission on Race and ...
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New report outlines how government can address COVID-19 ethnic disparity
19 Jan 2021
A new report from The Runnymede Trust and The University of Manchester’s Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity has addressed the possible causes of - ...
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