Kalwant Bhopal
Biographic Data
| ID | 198029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kalwant Bhopal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kalwant |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhopal |
| SIGNATURE | BHOPAL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3017-6595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 62 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 447 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 62 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Retracted Article: Complicity and Conformity: perpetuating race and class hierarchies in UK higher education
Drawing on tenets of Critical Race Theory such as Whiteness, interest convergence, intersectionality and White supremacy this paper examines how some academics of colour are able to accelerate their success in higher education by performing Whiteness by using their privileges and capitals as a means by which they are able to identify with their White colleagues which enables them to perform Whiteness (albeit as outsiders). At the same time, by al…
Being a ‘good’ citizen: White collegiality and academic citizenship
UK Academics face multiple pressures that foster competition. These include, a failing funding model leading to universities cutting academic posts; increasing reliance on short-term, insecure contracts; career progression linked to securing research funding; increasingly nebulous metricisation such as requirements to deliver ‘impact’ through research; and, the emphasis of the Research Excellence Framework to publish 4* publications. Simultaneous…
The (un)equal university: Training programmes and the commodification of race
There is a plethora of evidence to suggest that academics of colour remain under represented in higher education; they are less likely to be professors and occupy senior managerial roles compared to White groups and report regular incidents of overt and covert racism. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives such as training programmes to progress the position of academics of colour into senior roles have been used to address their under rep…
‘We can talk the talk, but we’re not allowed to walk the walk’: The role of equality and diversity staff in higher education institutions in England
This article draws on interviews with 41 equality and diversity staff in higher education institutions in England who were not members of the Race Equality Charter (REC). It uses the concept of Whiteness and White privilege to argue that within the framework of White normative practices, the role of equality and diversity staff are used as a smokescreen to perpetuate a system of White privilege. Higher education institutions who are not members o…
The impact of Covid‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers
The recent global outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic created significant challenges for society, not least for education. England went into lockdown in March 2020; following this, A Level exams were cancelled and the Department for Education announced that results were to be determined by teacher‐assessed grades. This paper draws upon research conducted during this time with A Level students. It is based on a total of 53 Skype interviews with stud…
Capital blanc et diversité dans les universités d'élite: Les Ruses De La Raison Méritocratique
En prenant pour objet d'études les expériences vécues de racisme et les politiques conçues pour y remédier, cet article présente les résultats d'une recherche menée auprès d'étudiants de troisième cycle, inscrits dans une université d'élite au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis. Mobilisant les concepts de réalisme racial, convergence des intérêts, blanchité et « blanchité comme propriété », nous analysons la manière dont le racisme continue à être per…
Critical Race Theory: Confronting, Challenging, and Rethinking White Privilege
The term 'White privilege' has been used to denote specific privileges that White groups possess due to their Whiteness and White identity. In this article, firstly, I outline how, as a conceptual tool, White privilege can only be understood in relation to Critical Race Theory, specifically the notion that racism is central and endemic, through Whiteness as property and interest convergence. Secondly, I analyze the development of White privilege …
Narratives of academic staff involvement in Athena SWAN and race equality charter marks in UK higher education institutions
In line with other national higher education systems, the UK has, since 2005, taken a formalised approach to improving gender equality in academia in the form of the Athena SWAN charter mark; in 2016, an additional charter mark focusing on race equality (the REC) was introduced. This article, based on data from a multi-site case study exploring the experiences of those in UK higher education who are working on the charter marks, looks at how acad…
Academics of colour in elite universities in the UK and the USA: The 'Unspoken System of Exclusion
This article explores the experiences of academics of colour in elite universities in the UK and the USA. Drawing on interviews with 34 respondents and using a critical race theory perspective, the findings indicate that academics of colour experience racism in the White space of an elite university. To counter the racism they experience, they develop ‘safe spaces’ in which they find empathy and support from other academics of colour. A key findi…
Competing inequalities: Gender versus race in higher education institutions in the UK
This article explores findings from two projects that explore the impacts and institutional experiences of the Athena SWAN (ASC) and Race Equality (REC) Charter Marks in UK universities. The article offers an important, timely and original insight into the ways that these two charter marks are shaping and influencing practice in universities. We argue that in higher education policymaking, there has been a privileging of gender over race in terms…
Cosmopolitan Brands: Graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities
Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s analysis of the competition for economic, social and cultural capitals within educational fields, this article reports empirical research from 49 in-depth interviews with graduate students at four elite universities in the USA and the UK. It argues the brands of elite global universities work to reproduce social and cultural capital for a small cohort of elite students, and by doing so perpetuate and reinforce systems…
Same old story, just a different policy’: Race and policy making in higher education in the UK
Evidence suggests that Black and minority ethnic (BME) students and staff continue to be disadvantaged in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK. Policy making has been introduced to specifically address such inequalities. This article draws on critical policy analysis and 45 interviews to explore the impact of the recently introduced Race Equality Charter (REC) as a measure to address such inequalities. By using principles of Critical Ra…
Gender, ethnicity and career progression in UK higher education: A case study analysis
This article uses case study interviews to examine women’s experiences in higher education. It focuses on career progression, support available for promotion and particular initiatives for staff retention. The findings suggest that whilst some progress has been made to support White and Black and minority ethnic women in their career trajectories, greater change is needed in order that inclusion is embedded within institutional frameworks and str…
Confronting White privilege: The importance of intersectionality in the sociology of education
This article explores how White privilege and a hierarchy of oppression have resulted in competing identities in which gender has been given greater importance compared to race. I argue that the sociology of education needs to adopt an intersectional approach that travels in different directions if it is to remain valid. The article examines how gender, perpetuated by White privilege, continues to play a key role in the positioning of Black and m…
Routes through higher education: BME students and the development of a ‘specialisation of consciousness’
With changing demographics and the advent of mass higher education, there has been a significant impact on graduate transitions which has led to greater inequalities in access to social support during the transitionary period between undergraduate study and entrance into the labour market. This article explores the experiences of students in their final year of undergraduate study by drawing on 43 interviews with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) s…
For whose benefit? Black and Minority Ethnic training programmes in higher education institutions in England, UK
Inequalities continue to exist in higher education, with Black and minority ethnic (BME) academics less likely to be professors or occupy senior decision‐making roles compared to their White colleagues. In order to increase BME representation in senior decision‐making roles, specific programmes targeted at BME groups have recently been introduced in higher education institutions (HEIs). This article draws on research carried out on two such progr…
Success Against the Odds: The Effect of Mentoring on the Careers of Senior Black and Minority Ethnic Academics in the Uk
This article explores the effect of mentoring on the career progression of Black and minority ethnic (BME) academics in senior roles in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). It draws on 37 interviews with BME academics working in HEIs in the UK and argues that whilst universities present a strong rhetoric of equality and diversity; this is not necessarily followed by specific policies and procedures which ensure a serious commitment to an equa…
International minority ethnic academics at predominantly white institutions
Using critical race theory, this article examines the racial positioning of British international minority ethnic (IME) academics in predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Empirical data, in the form of 28 in-depth interviews with IME academics, is used to analyze the complex raced and gendered positionalities of IME academics in institutions of higher education in the United States. We argue that the institutional contexts of predominantly Whi…
The perils of integration: Exploring the experiences of African American and black Caribbean students in predominately white secondary schools
Racial minority students who attend predominately white schools in the United States and England face unique challenges in their learning environments that are connected to their status as non-white students. Scholars have documented the experiences of racial and ethnic minority students in mixed-raced schools in the United States and the UK for over four decades. However, the authors explore new research territory by employing critical race anal…
White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society
Why and how do those from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalised? Despite claims that we now live in a post-racial society, race continues to disadvantage those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Kalwant Bhopal explores how neoliberal policy making has increased rather than decreased discrimination faced by those from non-white backgrounds. She also shows how certain types of whiteness are not privileged; Gypsi…
Muslims, home education and risk in British society
The number of families who choose to home educate has significantly increased in the last decade. This article explores the experiences of British Muslims who home educate using data from a larger study exploring the views of a diverse range of families. Drawing on the work of Beck, we discuss how ‘risk’ is understood in relation to Muslim home educators. For these families, decisions to home educate were often made in response to identifying ris…
Urban Education in the United Kingdom: Section Editor’s Introduction
Young People and Social Control
Racism and bullying in rural primary schools: Protecting White identities post Macpherson
This article examines how two primary schools in rural England with overwhelmingly White populations (of students and teachers) dealt with incidents of racist bullying in relation to their race equality policies. The data are drawn from in-depth interviews with parents, head teachers and teachers. The article draws on the work of Foucault to argue that students are situated in a ‘historical moment’ in which schools acknowledge racism formally and…
Addressing racial inequalities in higher education: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
Inequalities in higher education continue to exist in access to certain types of universities and in degree attainment. Despite significant changes in policy making and the student body such inequalities remain pervasive. In this essay, I explore how inequalities in access to elite universities continue to exist for those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, in both the UK and the USA. I suggest that gaining a place at an elite university …
Same old story, just a different policy’: Race and policy making in higher education in the UK
Evidence suggests that Black and minority ethnic (BME) students and staff continue to be disadvantaged in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK. Policy making has been introduced to specifically address such inequalities. This article draws on critical policy analysis and 45 interviews to explore the impact of the recently introduced Race Equality Charter (REC) as a measure to address such inequalities. By using principles of Critical Ra…
Gender, identity and experience: Researching marginalised groups
Addressing racial inequalities in higher education: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
Inequalities in higher education continue to exist in access to certain types of universities and in degree attainment. Despite significant changes in policy making and the student body such inequalities remain pervasive. In this essay, I explore how inequalities in access to elite universities continue to exist for those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, in both the UK and the USA. I suggest that gaining a place at an elite university …
South Asian women within households: Dowries, degradation and despair
Initial teacher training: Understanding ‘race,’ diversity and inclusion
There is little research which has explored how students on Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses understand and conceptualise discourses of ‘race’, diversity and inclusion. This article will focus on student understandings of racialised identities; it will explore the discourses by which students understand what it means to be White and what it means to be Black, within the context of ITT. The article will examine the different facets and theme…
Researching South Asian Women: Issues of sameness and difference in the research process
This paper explores issues of gender, racial identity in the research process, control and ownership of data and how this affects research. It also looks at the influence of outsider/insider status in carrying out research. The article draws upon research carried out in East London on South Asian women. It argues that our racial identity can and does affect the research process in which women who have some shared experience with researchers may b…
White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society
Why and how do those from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalised? Despite claims that we now live in a post-racial society, race continues to disadvantage those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Kalwant Bhopal explores how neoliberal policy making has increased rather than decreased discrimination faced by those from non-white backgrounds. She also shows how certain types of whiteness are not privileged; Gypsi…
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in schools in the UK: Inclusion and ‘good practice’
This paper examines inclusionary processes and examples of 'good practice' in primary and secondary schools for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in one inner London Borough in the UK. It will explore the role of the Traveller Education Service (TES) and argue that the support provided by the TES to schools is essential for the development of 'good practice', but at the same time it stresses that the TES is not a substitute for the school's educat…
The perils of integration: Exploring the experiences of African American and black Caribbean students in predominately white secondary schools
Racial minority students who attend predominately white schools in the United States and England face unique challenges in their learning environments that are connected to their status as non-white students. Scholars have documented the experiences of racial and ethnic minority students in mixed-raced schools in the United States and the UK for over four decades. However, the authors explore new research territory by employing critical race anal…
Confronting White privilege: The importance of intersectionality in the sociology of education
This article explores how White privilege and a hierarchy of oppression have resulted in competing identities in which gender has been given greater importance compared to race. I argue that the sociology of education needs to adopt an intersectional approach that travels in different directions if it is to remain valid. The article examines how gender, perpetuated by White privilege, continues to play a key role in the positioning of Black and m…
At the crossroads: Gypsy and Traveller parents’ perceptions of education, protection and social change
This article uses empirical data gathered during a pilot study funded by a local education authority to consider Gypsy and Traveller parents’ perceptions of education. It examines the changing role of education within the lives of Gypsy and Traveller parents and children reflecting changing social circumstances, in particular how many parents now feel schooling has a greater place in their children’s lives than would have been the case a generati…
Women and feminism as subjects of black study: The difficulties and dilemmas of carrying out re-search
This paper examines the difficulties and dilemmas faced by a ‘black’ re‐searcher when she attempts to carry out re‐search on a ‘black’ community. What difference does ‘race’ make to the re‐search process? The paper argues, the difficulties and dilemmas experienced by ‘black’ women re‐searchers may be very different to those experienced by white women re‐searchers. Issues of ‘race’ are apparent and enter into the re‐search itself. The paper questi…
Countering common-sense understandings of ‘good parenting: ’ Women of Color Advocating for Their Children
Commonsense understandings of school practices have historically painted parents of color as inattentive and non-participatory actors in public school settings. Racist implementations of policy and individual actions, based on teacher ideology and deficit paradigms of race, force parents of color to take an oppositional stance in public school settings. The commonsense notion of “good” parenting is countered by descriptions of how parents of colo…
Gypsy Travellers and Education: Changing Needs and Changing Perceptions
This article explores Gypsy Travellers’ changing views on their children’s education. It highlights the positive means some schools use to encourage greater involvement of Gypsy Traveller parents. It argues that current educational policy needs to be re-developed to incorporate more effective and affirmative responses to interrupted and nomadic learning. It draws heavily on interviews with Gypsy Traveller families in an effort to give ‘voice’ to …
What about us?’ Gypsies, Travellers and ‘White racism’ in secondary schools in England
This article examines the concept of ‘White racism’ in relation to the experiences of Gypsy and Traveller groups in England. It is based on ethnographic research conducted in two secondary schools during the years 2006–2009. Interviews were carried out with pupils attending the secondary schools, their mothers and members of the Traveller Education Service. The research reveals that racism experienced by White Gypsy and Traveller groups is unders…
Adjusting to a Foster Family: Children's Perspectives
Looked after children's adjustment to negative experiences of family life and the move to a foster family have traditionally been approached in terms of resilience in response to adversity and adaptive strategies related to insecure attachment. In the context of a general study about children's experiences of family life, Ellen Heptinstall, Kalwant Bhopal and Julia Brannen add to this psychological approach to children's adaptation by introducing…
Routes through higher education: BME students and the development of a ‘specialisation of consciousness’
With changing demographics and the advent of mass higher education, there has been a significant impact on graduate transitions which has led to greater inequalities in access to social support during the transitionary period between undergraduate study and entrance into the labour market. This article explores the experiences of students in their final year of undergraduate study by drawing on 43 interviews with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) s…
South asian women in east london
Critical Race Theory: Confronting, Challenging, and Rethinking White Privilege
The term 'White privilege' has been used to denote specific privileges that White groups possess due to their Whiteness and White identity. In this article, firstly, I outline how, as a conceptual tool, White privilege can only be understood in relation to Critical Race Theory, specifically the notion that racism is central and endemic, through Whiteness as property and interest convergence. Secondly, I analyze the development of White privilege …
Academics of colour in elite universities in the UK and the USA: The 'Unspoken System of Exclusion
This article explores the experiences of academics of colour in elite universities in the UK and the USA. Drawing on interviews with 34 respondents and using a critical race theory perspective, the findings indicate that academics of colour experience racism in the White space of an elite university. To counter the racism they experience, they develop ‘safe spaces’ in which they find empathy and support from other academics of colour. A key findi…
Home or away? The significance of ethnicity, class and attainment in the housing choices of female university students
Given the financial implications for studying at a higher education institution, students are faced with many decisions both in terms of the topics they wish to study but also the decision of whether to remain at home or move away. The aim of this article is to compare the experiences of South Asian (Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani) female students to White females, to identify similarities and differences between women from the three Asian gro…
Racism and bullying in rural primary schools: Protecting White identities post Macpherson
This article examines how two primary schools in rural England with overwhelmingly White populations (of students and teachers) dealt with incidents of racist bullying in relation to their race equality policies. The data are drawn from in-depth interviews with parents, head teachers and teachers. The article draws on the work of Foucault to argue that students are situated in a ‘historical moment’ in which schools acknowledge racism formally and…
BME academic flight from UK to overseas higher education: Aspects of marginalisation and exclusion
This paper describes the experiences of Black and minority ethnic ( BME ) academics who consider moving overseas for career opportunities. It explores the barriers that BME academics report in UK higher education, which affects their decisions for overseas higher education migration. Our findings suggest that BME academics were significantly more likely than White academics to have ever considered moving overseas to work, although reasons such as…
Race, rurality and representation: Black and minority ethnic mothers’ experiences of their children’s education in rural primary schools in England, UK
There is little research that has examined the role of mothers in their children's education in the rural space of the school, particularly in relation to the experiences of Black and minority ethnic (BME) families who are newcomers to the rural space. This article attempts to redress the balance and examine how BME mothers are positioned in rural primary schools in England (UK) which are predominantly White. This article is based on 20 in-depth …
We tend to stick together and mostly we stick to our own kind’: British Indian women and support networks at university
This paper will examine the support networks that are available to British Indian women studying at a ‘new’ (post-1992) university in the South-East of England, UK. It will examine the support that women draw upon whilst at university and discuss the ways in which these support networks enable women to develop strategies for success. Thirty-two in-depth interviews were carried out with British Indian women who were studying for a Social Sciences …
Women and feminism as subjects of black study: The difficulties and dilemmas of carrying out re-search
This paper examines the difficulties and dilemmas faced by a ‘black’ re‐searcher when she attempts to carry out re‐search on a ‘black’ community. What difference does ‘race’ make to the re‐search process? The paper argues, the difficulties and dilemmas experienced by ‘black’ women re‐searchers may be very different to those experienced by white women re‐searchers. Issues of ‘race’ are apparent and enter into the re‐search itself. The paper questi…
South Asian women within households: Dowries, degradation and despair
South asian women in east london
South Asian women in east London: Religious experience and diversity
This paper examines South Asian women's experiences of religion in East London. The data for the paper is based upon a fieldwork study which took place in East London in 1994. Sixty in‐depth interviews were carried out with women who identified themselves as Hindu, Sikh and Moslem. The research reveals new empirical data on the lives of South Asian women in contemporary British society. Women's experiences of religion demonstrate heterogeneity. S…
How Gender and Ethnicity Intersect: The Significance of Education, Employment and Marital Status
This paper examines Labour Force Survey (LFS) statistics on economic activity, highest educational qualification, marital status and ethnicity. The paper will specifically explore comparisons within South Asian groups and between other ethnic groups (Afro-Caribbean and white), to investigate whether marriage has a differential impact for different ethnic groups, and if there have been any changes over time (1984-1994). The LFS data indicates that…
Domestic finance in South Asian households in East London
This article examines South Asian women's experiences of domestic finance in households in East London. The findings indicate that women's level of education and economic activity affects their access to domestic finance. This is also related to women's marital status and family type. There are significant differences between white and South Asian households in the organisation of domestic finance. In lower income households, men are more likely …
Connecting Children: Care and Family Life in Later Childhood
Connecting Children focuses on children's understandings of care and their views of different family lives. It portrays the lives of children aged 11-12 and shows how families connect children in different ways both in the household but also in their wider kinship networks. The children studied reflect upon family life and especially upon situations where their own family lives change dramatically, such as when parents divorce or are unable to ca…
South Asian Women in East London: The Impact of Education
This article examines the impact of education on South Asian women's participation in traditional practices of `arranged marriages' and dowries. It is based upon research carried out by the author in East London. Sixty in-depth interviews were conducted with South Asian women, as well as participant observation of living with a South Asian community for a period of six months. The article explores which women participate in `arranged marriages' a…
Adjusting to a Foster Family: Children's Perspectives
Looked after children's adjustment to negative experiences of family life and the move to a foster family have traditionally been approached in terms of resilience in response to adversity and adaptive strategies related to insecure attachment. In the context of a general study about children's experiences of family life, Ellen Heptinstall, Kalwant Bhopal and Julia Brannen add to this psychological approach to children's adaptation by introducing…
Researching South Asian Women: Issues of sameness and difference in the research process
This paper explores issues of gender, racial identity in the research process, control and ownership of data and how this affects research. It also looks at the influence of outsider/insider status in carrying out research. The article draws upon research carried out in East London on South Asian women. It argues that our racial identity can and does affect the research process in which women who have some shared experience with researchers may b…
Cross-Cultural Interviewing
Gypsy Travellers and Education: Changing Needs and Changing Perceptions
This article explores Gypsy Travellers’ changing views on their children’s education. It highlights the positive means some schools use to encourage greater involvement of Gypsy Traveller parents. It argues that current educational policy needs to be re-developed to incorporate more effective and affirmative responses to interrupted and nomadic learning. It draws heavily on interviews with Gypsy Traveller families in an effort to give ‘voice’ to …
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in schools in the UK: Inclusion and ‘good practice’
This paper examines inclusionary processes and examples of 'good practice' in primary and secondary schools for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in one inner London Borough in the UK. It will explore the role of the Traveller Education Service (TES) and argue that the support provided by the TES to schools is essential for the development of 'good practice', but at the same time it stresses that the TES is not a substitute for the school's educat…
Shared communities and shared understandings: The experiences of Asian women in a British university
This article examines Asian women's experiences of belonging to communities of practice within higher education in Britain. The research explores the ways in which women engage in friendship and support networks, how they negotiate their identities and their experiences of being marginalised and ‘different’. The research argues that Asian women within the university environment are engaged in ‘communities of practice’, which act as mechanisms thr…
Identity, empathy and ‘otherness’: Asian women, education and dowries in the UK
This article will examine Asian women's views on the practice of dowries in the UK. The research is based on 20 in-depth interviews with Asian women studying for a Social Sciences degree in a 'new' (post-1992) university in the southeast of England. All of the interviews were tape-recorded and the data transcribed. The data was analysed using methods of grounded theory as discussed by Strauss and Corbin and developed by Charmaz. I sought to devel…
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children in Schools: Understandings of Community and Safety
This paper examines understandings of community and safety for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) groups in schools in a metropolitan borough. One school in particular was identified as being the ‘Gypsy school’ and was attended by the majority of GRT children in the borough. The school was recognised as a model of ‘good practice’ reflecting its holistic approach towards the GRT community but it was also successful for wider reasons. A picture of the…
At the crossroads: Gypsy and Traveller parents’ perceptions of education, protection and social change
This article uses empirical data gathered during a pilot study funded by a local education authority to consider Gypsy and Traveller parents’ perceptions of education. It examines the changing role of education within the lives of Gypsy and Traveller parents and children reflecting changing social circumstances, in particular how many parents now feel schooling has a greater place in their children’s lives than would have been the case a generati…
Gender, identity and experience: Researching marginalised groups
What about us?’ Gypsies, Travellers and ‘White racism’ in secondary schools in England
This article examines the concept of ‘White racism’ in relation to the experiences of Gypsy and Traveller groups in England. It is based on ethnographic research conducted in two secondary schools during the years 2006–2009. Interviews were carried out with pupils attending the secondary schools, their mothers and members of the Traveller Education Service. The research reveals that racism experienced by White Gypsy and Traveller groups is unders…
We tend to stick together and mostly we stick to our own kind’: British Indian women and support networks at university
This paper will examine the support networks that are available to British Indian women studying at a ‘new’ (post-1992) university in the South-East of England, UK. It will examine the support that women draw upon whilst at university and discuss the ways in which these support networks enable women to develop strategies for success. Thirty-two in-depth interviews were carried out with British Indian women who were studying for a Social Sciences …
Education makes you have more say in the way your life goes’: Indian women and arranged marriages in the United Kingdom
This paper explores Indian women’s views on arranged marriages in the United Kingdom. It is based on research carried out with 32 Indian women studying at a university in the South East of England, UK. The article draws on Wenger’s social theory of learning to explore how Indian women’s participation in communities of practice in higher education contributes to their participation in arranged marriages. The concept of ‘social capital’ is used to …
Islam in the school curriculum: Symbolic pedagogy and cultural claims
This is a school, it's not a site’: Teachers' attitudes towards Gypsy and Traveller pupils in schools in England, UK
This article examines teachers' attitudes towards Gypsy and Traveller pupils in one primary and one secondary school in an inner‐London borough in England, UK. The research is based on in‐depth interviews with 20 teachers, heads, deputies and classroom assistants. The main aims of the study were to examine examples of ‘good practice’ in schools and to explore strategies that would improve the educational outcomes for Gypsy and Traveller groups. T…
Islam, education and inclusion: Towards a social justice agenda
Stick to your own kind: Pupils’ Experiences of Identity and Diversity in Secondary Schools
A national emphasis in Britain on community cohesion and citizenship has highlighted the need to explore understandings of difference within and between communities, particularly in school contexts. This paper reports on the first phase of a larger project exploring pupils' understandings and experiences of identity and diversity within secondary schools. Questionnaires were collected from 51 Year 8 pupils in two urban and ethnically diverse seco…
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