Sentences with phrase «of ethnic minority backgrounds»

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More than 1 in 4 prisoners in the UK is from a minority ethnic background; however 87 % of Britain is white.

This avoidance is important to Black Americans and to other oppressed ethnic minority social groups, because the background of social pluralism in America has been the prevailing notion that «the melting pot» and «Anglo - Saxon conformity» constitute the two accepted models of assimilation and acculturation.

Dame Caroline replied: «We should not overlook the need to draw more people from different ethnic backgrounds and the church has strategies looking to increase the number of black and ethnic minority ordinants, the numbers are currently only 3.3 per cent of clergy.»

Bolt's inspection report, carried out throughout 2017, paints a stark picture of a scheme that is causing real harm to migrants - both documented and undocumented - people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and society at large.

Put minority voters together, so they have a better chance of getting a representative from the same ethnic or racial background.

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters if there was a large vote for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections, if there was a small vote for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates, young people, and people from an ethnic minority background.

The independent watchdog has published a report which found more than half (56 per cent) of young people aged 17 - 24 are unregistered and 31 per cent of people with black or minority ethnic backgrounds are not on the register.

For those who keep such scores, the House of Lords has a higher proportion of women, a higher proportion of people from ethnic minorities, a broader range of ethnic minorities, and far more people from working - class backgrounds generally and the trade union movement in particular, than can be found down the corridor.

Labour's Lindsay Hoyle, the deputy speaker of the Commons, is also knighted along with Mark Hendrick, who has served as Labour MP for Preston for 17 years and was previously the first MEP from a minority ethnic background.

Much has already been written about the different options for selecting citizens to serve on a convention so that it is representative of all parts of the UK, and of gender, age, socio - economic background, ethnic minorities, disabled people etc (see Alan Renwick's pamphlet and the Electoral Reform Society evidence).

From both peoples» names and from their accents, I could tell that many of the people I was telephoning were from an ethnic minority background.

As we have previously stated there should not be a «minimum level of academic qualification'to allow one to join the Police Service, this will inevitably disadvantage those from socially deprived areas and would also potentially disadvantage some from minority and ethnic backgrounds.

When David Cameron says he wants to broaden representation in Parliament, that does not just extend to women and black and minority ethnic (BME) members, it goes right across the spectrum of interests and backgrounds.

There are just two Conservative MPs from a Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) background - equivalent to 1.0 % - both of whom are seeking re-election (Adam Afriyie and Shailesh Vara).

We know a lot more of tomorrow's Tory MPs are likely to be women, quite a few more will be from ethnic minority backgrounds and a lot will be gay... but is that real diversity?

Britain First's confrontational style of campaigning has seen it stage «mosque invasions» and provocative patrols in areas with large numbers of British citizens from ethnic minority backgrounds.

The most recent survey data showed increased risk of hearing loss among participants of racial / ethnic minority status and from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer Research UK survey presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.

NASW does not collect statistics on the ethnic backgrounds of its members, but one longtime NASW member tells Science Careers, in an e-mail, «We have extremely few minority members, so few that I can probably name a good proportion of them just off the top of my head.»

The objective of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of sending supportive text messages to low - income mothers of racial and ethnic minority backgrounds with postpartum depression and gauge the perception of receiving such message for depression.

More than half of the university's graduate students are from outside the U.K., with students coming from more than 130 countries, and 20 % of its academic staff is from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Because HLA types vary greatly between people of different ethnic backgrounds, increasing minority and ethnic representation will increase minority patients» chances of finding matches.

The first is the role - modeling hypothesis just described — minority students might benefit from seeing adults with a similar racial / ethnic background in a position of authority.

Data also found that texts written by writers from ethnic minority backgrounds had been «marginalised» with some courses only offering five per cent of texts from such writers.

In addition to this, more than half of women teachers absent on maternity leave during the year who were eligible for progression had been turned down and those from minority ethnic backgrounds were shown to have been more likely to be denied progression than others.

BAMEed has been created to raise the status of teaching among communities from ethnic minority backgrounds by encouraging career progression.

The «5 Cities Project», launched by the Department for Education will see the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) work with partners in the Greater Manchester, London, Bristol, Birmingham and Leicester areas to promote the take - up of apprenticeships among under - represented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

In an area where the majority of pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds, the school will provide 750 students with the opportunity to excel academically, and gain skills and experiences needed to make informed choices about their future.

The Catholic Education Service rejected the suggestion that their schools were socially exclusive: «Catholic schools in England have higher proportions of pupils from ethnic minority backgrounds with 33.5 % of pupils in Catholic primary schools from ethnic minority backgrounds compared with 27.6 % nationally.»

(2) Intelligence tests yielding an IQ score may not be used as the only measure of aptitude for students of limited English proficiency, or for students of racial -, linguistic - or ethnic - minority background.

Encourage the use of disaggregated demographic data — such as on first - generation, low - income, racial / ethnic minority students; adult students; students with second - language backgrounds; undocumented students; veterans; students with disabilities; and foster care, disconnected, and formerly incarcerated youth — to inform the practices and policies that may hold promise for specific groups of students

While the report suggests the numbers of racial minorities in charters should be higher, it's more important for charter schools to support socioeconomic integration and for students to be exposed to other students from all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Schools must still conduct an evaluation of the «content and effectiveness» of a parent and family engagement policy and still identify «barriers to greater participation by parents in activities authorized by this section (with particular attention to parents who are economically disadvantaged, are disabled, have limited English proficiency, have limited literacy, or are of any racial or ethnic minority background).»

The study also evidenced that teachers representing racial and ethnic minority background might be more likely than others to not only receive lower relatively scores but also be more likely identified for possible dismissal as a result of their relatively lower evaluation scores.

Through purposeful experiences outside the classroom in cultural contexts related to the ethnic background of minority students, the absolute authority of the preservice teacher was brought into question.

Teachers from minority ethnic backgrounds were more likely to have been denied progression than other teachers, and over half of women teachers absent on maternity leave during the year who were eligible for progression had been turned down, showing that many decisions are in clear contravention of equalities law.

The proportion of students from a minority ethnic background and those whose first language is not English are well above the national average.

A revolution is under way in the teaching of computer science in schools in England - but it risks leaving girls and pupils from poorer backgrounds and ethnic minorities behind.

However, one inescapable — and deeply uncomfortable truth underlying these latest figures is that certain groups of pupils continue to more likely to be excluded than others: boys; pupils with SEN; pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals; and pupils from certain minority ethnic backgrounds.

According to the articles «Integrated Schools: Finding a New Path» (Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg, and Genevieve Siegel - Hawley, p. 22) and «Overcoming Triple Segregation» (by Patricia Gándara, p. 60), segregation by ethnic background of public schools in the United States is on the upswing, a reality which limits minority students» prospects for a high - quality education and all students» prospects for learning to work and interact with students from varied cultures.

We Need Diverse Books Short Story Contest is open to emerging diverse writers from all diverse backgrounds (including, but not limited to, LGBTQIA, people of colour, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural and religious minorities) who have not been published in a traditional print fiction book format, including self - published, independents, small and medium publishing houses, in all genres whether for the children's or adult market.

With the intent of helping to address this problem, a new network for people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds has been launched by Sarah Shaffi, The Bookseller's online editor and producer, and Oberon Books sales and marketing assistant Wei Ming Kam.

«There never really seemed to be a change,» says one player in a new network aiming to provide support for UK publishing workers of black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

The ELAM has had glowing reports from education inspector and regulator OFSTED and over 70 per cent of its students are from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background.

Solicitors coming from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds now make up 16 % of the profession, and 57 % of these are women, in contrast to 48 % of white solicitors who are women.

That is why the Bar Council's immediate focus is on developing a foundation course in judgecraft — to be undertaken pre-application — that will demystify the skills needed for judicial appointment and increase the confidence, particularly of ethnic minorities, women, and those from a non-traditional background, when applying.

One in five solicitors (21 %) are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background, yet more than a third (34 %) of partners in sole practice come from a BAME background.

The report also revealed that there is a disparity between the earnings of white stars and those from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background.

If a law student with an ethnic minority background is unable to impress an interviewer because of a failure to meet the above criteria, that failure should not be attributed to ethnicity unless there is overwhelming evidence showing that to be the case.