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Rooting the definition of ‘Islamist extremism’ in Islamic concepts, not British values, reduces the risk of the British state implying that Islam stands apart from British society.
It’s unclear if the Life in the UK test is designed to test whether somebody has already integrated, or to encourage it.
New research suggests that refugees and family migrants are more likely to report a British identity than economic migrants.
Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.
A series of films made by Muslims shows how much confusion remains about the term.
Children in the 1940s were brought up believing that European identity was the way forward – so what went wrong?
A new report has suggested migrants should be required to pledge allegiance to British values on arrival in the UK.
An ‘us and them’ narrative pervades reporting about British Muslim attitudes, but there remains lack of understanding about what the separation of the church and state really means.
A new report has set out a vision of diversity for British schools – including repeal of the law for compulsory Christian assembly.
It’s an uphill battle to teach British schoolchildren about EU citizenship.
Extra attention from university staff could make it hard to reconcile being publicly Muslim with being an ‘ordinary’ student.
As part of an anti-extremism strategy, the home secretary says funds for translation services will be cut, but more put into English lessons.
The Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools last year has left an indelible mark on the education system and the ensuing debate on the need for schools to uphold “British values” has infused parties…
Those who have agitated for subject knowledge, rather than skills, to be the focus of the national curriculum, may have been pleased to hear the secretary of state for education, Nicky Morgan, following…
Any review of 2014 in education must examine a Trojan Horse bearing “British values”. The scandal that broke in April centred on the investigation of 21 Birmingham schools suspected of being involved in…
The results of seven school inspections in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets have brought a fresh wave of allegations that some schools are not providing a broad and balanced curriculum for their pupils…
The Trojan Horse extremism affair that hit a group of Birmingham schools this summer and the ongoing inquiries into it, have raised suspicions among Muslim parents, teachers, and pupils in the UK. News…
If a week is a long time in politics, then the school summer holidays must have seemed like a lifetime the for governors, teachers, pupils and staff at the 21 schools at the centre of the Trojan Horse…
The recent announcement by the new secretary of state for education Nicky Morgan that toddlers must be taught British values is the latest in a chain of events precipitated by the Trojan Horse affair over…
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