Why do some students from Global Majority and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities choose to withdraw from university? Although preliminary findings from ROTA's Pilot Study cannot be said to be representative of the Higher Education sector as a whole, some concerning issues have emerged. Among many reasons why students choose to leave or consider leaving…
A new report, authored by Heriot-Watt University, found that in England the highest levels of homelessness risks are experienced by people from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds. Black people are three and a half times as likely to experience statutory homelessness[1] as White British people. The report, conducted in partnership with Race on the Agenda…
Race on the Agenda (ROTA) surveyed students at all London Higher Education institutions and interviewed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Leads from ten London Universities to explore why a disproportionate number of UK-domiciled students from Global Majority (GM) and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities choose to withdraw from university. Detailed findings will be published in…
Oli has over twenty years’ experience in public service. Early in his career, he worked on the award winning “Working Future” project that was part funded by the European Social Fund, tasked to test an innovative change to the way housing benefit payments were made to statutory homeless residents of East Thames Housing with the…
Kadra Abdinasir is Associate Director for Children and Young People’s Mental Health at Centre for Mental Health. She leads the Centre’s research and policy in this area to help improve the lives of children and young people. She is also Strategic Lead for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, a network of over…
As an organisation which works with marginalised communities across the country, we call on the Government to urgently address the impact of the cost-of-living crisis, in order to prevent the exacerbation of poverty and debt for millions of low-income households in the UK.
6 new laws and how they will impact our communities
The Government recently published Inclusive Britain, a response to the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED), which was launched as a result of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. The report of the CRED was criticised for failing to acknowledge systemic racism in the UK, and although Inclusive Britain now accepts…
Reform of the Mental Health Act should see an end to structural racism within mental health services but the Government plans are found wanting. On March 9th an on-line conference organised by Mind and Race on the Agenda and sponsored by Garden Court Chambers explored the urgent need for Mental Health Act reform and how…
As organisations working with marginalised communities in the UK, we express our deep concern at the escalating conflict in Ukraine, which will result in catastrophic loss of life, suffering, and subsequently lead to many fleeing the country as refugees. We view this as an opportunity for Britain to demonstrate that it is a welcoming nation,…