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Individuals with dual heritage: a path for understanding diverse societies

The 2011 Census revealed that a minority group, that wasn’t even included in the Census up until 2001, is now the fastest growing minority within the UK: individuals with mixed ethnic backgrounds. It is predicted that by 2020, individuals with dual or mixed ethnical background will become the largest minority group in Britain.

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20/05/2013

What's fuelling fear? Racism and the crisis

Professor Danny DorlingThe phrase “in place of fear” is synonymous with all that the welfare state stood for and what the Beveridge report of 1942, Education Act of 1944 and NHS Act of 1946 sought to achieve. It was also the title of Aneurin Bevan’s famous book, published ten years after the Beveridge report. Fear brings out the worse in people. Racism is far more easily provoked when people are living in fear...

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03/05/2013

Research Fellow Ratified as Study Group Convenor

The British Sociological AssociationNew Centre for Social Relation’s Research Fellow Dr Rebecca Catto has just been confirmed as Convenor of Socrel.

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24/04/2013

Centre launches Amman Message discussions in Europe

Amman Message NewsThe Centre for Social Relations, together with the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies (RIIFS) in Jordan and the British Council, hosted a seminar on 10th April 2013 to discuss the Amman Message, a landmark statement that seeks to clarify the real essence of Islam in the world.

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22/04/2013

Religious Literacy Conference

Religious Literacy LeadershipOn Thursday 18 April delegates meet in London for the final event in a series of dialogues on religion and belief organised by Goldsmiths, University of London, in partnership with the Cambridge Coexist Programme, for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Government Equalities Office

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16/04/2013

Project meets Prince Charles in Amman

Prince Charles NewsCoventry University's Centre for Social Relations was showcasing the collaboration with the Royal Jordanian Institute of Inter-faith Studies when Prince Charles, on an official visit to Amman, Jordan, stopped by to learn more about the partnership.

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01/04/2013

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