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The truth about migrants - they want to work, pay tax, make friends and integrate

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New article by Jenny Phillimore is published in 'The Conversation'.
Date:
16/05/2013

IRiS academic writes article on Queen's Speech

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Dr Nando Sigona writes though-provoking article on the Queen's Speech.
Date:
14/05/2013

Comparing Islamophobia in Britain and Ireland

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Chris Allen attended a seminar at the University of Limerick last week on 'Understanding Emotions in Society'.
Date:
08/05/2013

Redcrosse: the Sacred and the Secular

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Chris Allen took part in a cross-college event at St George's Church, Edgbaston that reflected on the nature of contemporary Englishness in the context of the secular and the sacred.
Date:
08/05/2013

Women refugees have more difficulty finding work and suffer greater health problems than their male counterparts, new research shows

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A major new study carried out by experts from the University of Birmingham and Cardiff University found that women refugees living in the UK experienced worse physical and emotional health than men.
Date:
25/04/2013

Special screening of award-winning documentary: Nowhere Home

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Nowhere Home follows the fortunes of a number of young people from Salhus, a Norwegian centre offering temporary residence to unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people as they approach adulthood.
Date:
19/04/2013

IRiS Doctoral Researchers Diversity Network

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IRiS receives funding to establish a network for PhD students researching, or interested in researching, diversity.
Date:
18/04/2013

Responding to contemporary multilingual realities

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Lisa Goodson and Jenny Phillimore present a paper on the challenges of superdiversity and multilingualism in research practice at the MOSAIC conference.
Date:
09/04/2013
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The Institute for Research into Superdiversity will be officially launched in Spring 2013. If you would like details about this event, please contact Ann Bolstridge, a.bolstridge@bham.ac.uk.

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