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The dangers of British fundamentalism

12th April 2017 CRaB admin Blogs, News and Events

By Terese Jonsson Do you know your ‘fundamental British values’? According to the UK government, these are ‘democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs’. Since 2014, the Department for Education advises all schools to ‘actively promote’ fundamental British values, and any school wishing to be graded as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted must demonstrate that this promotion lies ‘at the heart’ of its work. Since the passing of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act in 2015, school teachers, university lecturers and administrators, local authority workers, doctors, nurses, prison, probation and police officers must

CRaB public lecture: Dr Kehinde Andrews

29th March 2017 CRaB admin News and Events, What's On

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging research network proudly presents: The Battle for Black Studies: Decolonising knowledge is not just ‘academic’ Dr Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University) Friday 28 April 2017, 4-6pm Dennis Sciama Building, room 2.14, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX Tickets free but please register here: https://crab-kehindeandrewslecture.eventbrite.co.uk “In September 2017 we will launch the first Black Studies degree in Europe and Birmingham City University. Far from this being a celebration of having Black perspectives at universities, the aim is to use the opportunity to use the university space to help develop what Abdul Alkalimaat called the ‘science of liberation’.

Event: Anti-racist perspectives on ‘fundamental British values’

27th February 2017 CRaB admin News and Events, What's On

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging research network presents: Anti-racist perspectives on ‘fundamental British values’ Monday 20 March, 3-5pm Milldam Building LE0.05, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, PO1 3AS Speakers: Moazzam Begg, Outreach Director, Cage Sarah Keenan, Lecturer, School of Law, Birkbeck College Kojo Koram, Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex Dolapo Bolaji, VP Education and Democracy, University of Portsmouth Students Union In recent years, there has been increasing emphasis within government policy (particularly within education and counter-terror legislation) on the promotion of ‘fundamental British values’, defined as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect for and