We are delighted to announce that a new cross-party group of MPs is launching an inquiry into the matter of the tens of thousands of international students who were accused of cheating on an English test in 2014. We’ve been working with some of these students since 2017 and campaigning for justice alongside them –…
Triumph in the midst of adversity – that was a key sentence in the biography of Kate Iroegbu, a woman who faced many difficulties since leaving Nigeria in 2006. Now it’s also the title of her new book and the name of her company, which offers advice and coaching to people facing adversity. “I share…
Join us for creative, hands-on workshops where we will explore the possibilities of video making to tell stories of integration from our perspectives. The seven workshop sessions will: • Encourage creative expression through video making; • Develop practical, introductory video making skills; • Create powerful audio-visual messages The workshops will explore the subject…
Challenging stereotypical views and exploring identities and diversity are key features in the work of Sara Shamsavari, a well-known British-Iranian photographer and multimedia artist. “A lot of people judge others just by appearance, on the basis of their age, skin colour, gender, dress, etc,” she says. “I’m fighting against this way to look at people,…
We were troubled to learn that some migrants may be using fraud to pass the Life in the UK test, as reported by the BBC on 4 February. Any criminal activity relating to this test, whether organised by criminal groups or undertaken by individuals, must be exposed and punished. Those who are choosing to use…
Migrant Voice and High Profile club are conducting a survey into whether Brexit is having an impact on migrant businesses in the UK and the potential role for migrant entrepreneurs in this period of change as the country navigates Brexit. This survey takes less than 5 minutes to complete. If you are a migrant entrepreneur…
On a wet and freezing cold January day, we and dozens of international students who were wrongly accused of cheating by the Home Office in 2014 took their call for justice to Westminster. Standing in Parliament Square Gardens, across the road from the House of Commons where the politicians who threw their lives into chaos…
NightWorkPod (NWP) documents experiences while working the night shift. NWP is inspired by my research into the sociology of the invisible migrant night shift workers in London. I am Julius-Cezar MacQuarie, and I am an anthropologist. I took up research at night when I learnt that night shift workers were invisible in the scholarly literature…
In 2019, we are continuing our campaign to get justice for tens of thousands of international students who had their lives torn apart when they were wrongly accused of cheating on an English language test in 2014. We and the students are now fundraising for the campaign and we need your support. You can donate…
‘What is your ethnic group? Tick one box to best describe your ethnic group or background.’ That is the question that millions of UK residents face daily – when trying to complete job or higher education applications, nationwide censuses and other government-related paperwork. According to the Office for National Statistics, ethnicity-related questions were developed with…
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