Author Archives: anjonaroy

#EqualAccess

Posted on January 19, 2018

In England, Asylum Seekers face the following when it comes to Higher Ed:
• Classified as ‘overseas’ students and have to pay international student tuition fees.
• Cannot access student finance to cover the cost of tuition fees or living costs.
• Cannot work and if they have no money, must live on government support of just 36.95 per week. – HOW can they afford this?
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Gender Pay Gap

Posted on January 8, 2018

Last night and this morning the news has been hitting the headlines of BBC editor Carrie Gracie quitting a the China editor as a result of what she described as a ‘secretive and illegal’ gender pay structure which has created … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender Discrimination, Uncategorized | Tagged access to justice, Discrimination, Human Rights, Law

FGM action in Northamptonshire – people leaving the table

Posted on January 6, 2018

Are we all playing our part to eliminate FGM or are some working on it harder than others. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Discrimination, FGM, Human Rights, Law, NGH, Northamptonshire, Racism, statistics, Volunteering

Homelessness – A Local Equality Issue

Posted on January 3, 2018

Quite rightly over the last few weeks, many of those with a social conscience have been focussed on homelessness and concern about those that find themselves without a home. There are a number of equalities issues that intersect with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Discrimination, funding, Harassment, hate crime, Homophobia, Law, Racism

TIME FOR ACTION – RACIAL PROFILING – STOP AND SEARCH

Posted on December 15, 2017

It appears as if there has been a number of issues that have arose in relation to the Northamptonshire Police’s ‘stop and search’ and it has been argued that it gives the impression that they are abusing their powers. PACE (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Discrimination, Human Rights, Racism, stop and search

Let’s end Hate Crime

Posted on August 1, 2017

Guest Blog post from Chris Amedjou. Chris is a BA Criminology graduate of 2017 and was motivated to write this blog through the experience of his own dissertation. His dissertation was on the Experience of Hate crime: Exploring professional perspectives of … Continue reading →

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Remembering Srebrenica

Posted on July 19, 2017

It has been 22 years since mothers lost their children, wives lost their husbands and sisters lost their brothers. It has been 22 years of sadness, anger, emptiness, waiting, uncertainty and grieving. This July it is 22 years since the … Continue reading →