Low wealth in rich countries: Exploring cross-national variation at the lower tail of the wealth distribution 18Jul
Posted 22 June 2018 Welcoming refugees in the UK Director of IRiS Professor Jenny Phillimore in the Birmingham Brief: 'With the UK's Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme and Community Sponsorship Programme for refugees escaping conflicts in the Middle East, refugees have been resettled to many places in the UK that have very little experience of diversity, let alone refugees. What can these places do to welcome refugees?'
Posted 22 June 2018 Black history is still largely ignored, 70 years after Empire Windrush reached Britain April-Louise Pennant and Dr Nando Sigona write for The Conversation.What is the legacy of the Empire Windrush for black Britishness today? The arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks on June 22, 1948 marked a watershed moment in the recent history of immigration to Britain. The day before the ship arrived from the Caribbean, the Evening Standard sent an airplane to photograph the vessel as it approached Britain. The photo appeared on the front page under the headline: "Welcome to Britain! Evening Standard plane greets 400 sons of Empire." But the reception of the new arrivals was far from unequivocally positive.
Posted 14 June 2018 Harm and harm reduction in the criminal justice system Professor Simon Pemberton is to be the keynote speaker at 8th National conference on Critical Perspectives: Criminology and Social Justice which takes place in Halifax, Canada.