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No quick fixes for fair recruitment
November 05 2018Joy Warmington and Roger Kline question the continued lack of diversity in the recruitment processes of large organisations
Tackling London’s epidemic of youth violence
July 16 2018PhD student Nicola Coleman explores the issue of youth violence in the capital, talking to ex-offender and PhD student Junior Smart about his work with the SOS Project.
#PrideMatters – Middlesex at Pride 2018
July 04 2018Ahead of this year’s Pride in London, staff, students and alumni from Middlesex University describe what Pride means to them
Burqa bans and gender (in) equality
June 05 2018Erica Howard discusses the implications of a ban on face-covering clothing for Muslim women living in Denmark
Cultural Democracy
January 04 2018Dr Loraine Leeson explains why cultural democracy is a vital part of a vibrant society in which everyone is able to contribute creatively
Equality in the NHS: a work in progress
December 15 2017Roger Kline revisits the Workplace Race Equality Standard and examines the impact it’s had on the NHS since its introduction in 2014
Are corporate psychopaths really successful?
Professor Clive Boddy shares some insight from his extensive research in corporate psychopaths and their impact on colleagues and organisations
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
November 14 2017Dr Daniel Ozarow recently set up a meeting between human rights leader Nora Cortiñas and Jeremy Corbyn to discuss the situation in Argentina
Why Pride matters
July 06 2017David Williams shares what Pride means to him, and how important it is in the LGBT+ community
Grenfell is no accident
June 19 2017Professor of Journalism and former BBC presenter Kurt Barling draws on his experience of the Lakanal House fire to argue that the Grenfell Tower blaze was a ‘colossal scandal’
