Press Releases
New Report Examines How Best to Shape 2001 Census to Meet the Needs of UK Ethnic Minorities
A new research report examining how the next UK census can be shaped to best meet the needs of ethnic minorities is to be launched, on Tuesday 25th June, by the University of Warwick's Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations.
New Report Says Race Relations Are Getting Worse
A new report to be launched on Wednesday 9th September will reveal that almost three quarters of ethnic minorities felt that race relations were not improving, furthermore, many of those also believed that race relations were actually getting worse.
New book calls for Northern Ireland's religious discrimination laws to be extended to all of UK
New research in a book entitled "From Legislation to Integration: Race Relations in Britain", calls on the government to apply Northern Ireland's anti religious discrimination laws to the whole of United Kingdom.
The book by Professor Muhammad Anwar (from the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at University of Warwick), Patrick Roach of NASUWT (and Ranjit Sondhi of Westhill College), will be launched in the Moses Room of the House of Lords on 9th November at 3pm.
New research reveals Black and Pakistani men commute shortest distances
New research from the University of Warwick shows wide differences in the commuting patterns of ethnic groups. Researchers Dr David Owen and Anne Green found that:-
minority ethnic groups are more than twice as likely as white people to depend on public transport for commuting journeys, with nearly three-fifths of Black-African workers using public transport to get to work.
minority ethnic groups are more than twice as likely as white people to depend on public transport for commuting journeys, with nearly three-fifths of Black-African workers using public transport to get to work.
French Claims that Sangatte Problem is a Result of UK Asylum Policy are Dangerous Nonsense
Daniele Joly, Director of the University of Warwick's Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, today stated that French claims that problems such as Sangatte were a result of UK asylum policy being out of step with the rest of Europe were "dangerous nonsense that will simply fuel the unhealthy climate of paranoia about asylum policy already present within the UK".
University of Warwick wins US finance for special conference on migration within Europe
The University of Warwick's Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations has just received a grant of 20,000 US dollars from the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington DC to mount a special conference bringing together many of leading European and US migration specialists to improve the understanding of migration patterns in Europe as a continent . With the EU about to extend further eastwards in the next few years such an understanding of current and potential population movements will be crucial.