Systemic racism in the UK education system
Our Senior Policy Officer Poornima Karunacadacharan, speaks to Activate Debate and gives a thought-provoking insight into how systemic racism functions in the UK education system.
Coalition for Race Equality statement on the Government’s new Commission on Racial Inequalities
CORE is concerned about the announcement by the Government of a new “crossgovernmental commission” to look into racial inequalities. CORE believes that such a commission can only secure the support of BAME communities and community organisations if there is transparency and accountability about how it is set up, who is involved in it and whether there is…
Senior Policy Officer, Poornima Karunacadacharan on BBC Look North
ROTA Senior Policy Officer, Poornima Karunacadacharan talking to BBC Look North on 29th June 2020, discussing tackling racism in education.
ROTA Statement on Black Lives Matter
Race on the Agenda stands in lockstep solidarity with the Black community and millions of others across the world who are organising and demonstrating for racial justice, following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month. We are campaigning for transformative changes to the systemically racist policing, which infects both the US and the…
Senior Policy Officer discusses her concerns about predicted grades on BBC News
Senior Policy Officer, Poornima Karunacadacharan discusses her concerns about predicted GCSE and A-Level grades on BBC World News, on 22nd June 2020.
Covid19 Relief Art
We at ROTA are proud to support Art & Co. – the world’s largest online auction to raise funds to help those affected by the coronavirus contagion, run out of London. The auction closes on June 27, 7pm. 42 artists have joined seven charities to fight the seen and unseen effects of the coronavirus: domestic…
CORE writes to Health Secretary to address the recent review into the racial disproportionality of COVID-19 deaths
CORE have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock to address the recent review by Public Health England into the racial disproportionality of COVID-19 deaths. They argue that the government-commissioned report tells us what we already know – that BAME individuals and their communities are more likely to die from COVID-19. However, what CORE finds disappointing, is that the report contains no…
Bake4Change fundraising campaign by Rachel Ayo Ogunleye
A huge thank you to Rachel Ayo Ogunleye is organizing this amazing fundraiser on behalf of Race on the Agenda. More information on the campaign and to make a donation, please see HERE.
Race Equality organisations write to Education Secretary demanding that the Dfe step in to ensure objectivity in grading, after exam cancellations
ROTA PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 1 June 2020 Race Equality organisations write to Education Secretary demanding that the Dfe step in to ensure objectivity in grading, after exam cancellations For the last month a number of race equality organisations and academic experts have been in contact with the Education Secretary expressing concerns about grading…
Andy Gregg to retire as CEO of ROTA in August
After seven years as head of ROTA Andy Gregg has announced that he will be retiring at the end of August. Ali Ahmed, ROTA’s Chair during this period said “Regrettably I am sorry to announce Andy’s departure from ROTA. Andy continued to build our work on put race equality at the centre of the policy…
