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Q: Police presence at school 'criminalises BME students'| Tes

The presence of police in UK schools could lead black and minority ethnic pupils to feel less safe, teachers have warned. A report published today highlights teachers' concerns that "placing more police in schools acted to criminalise and pathologise students". Concerns over knife crime has led to calls for more police in schools, but teachers felt a police presence could "disrupt" pupils' view of school as a "place of sanctuary", according to Race and Racism in English Secondary Schools , by Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury from the University of Manchester with racial equality think tank the Runnymede Trust. Source: Police presence at school 'criminalises BME students'| Tes

Q: Sayeeda Warsi attacks new UK race inequality commission | Race | The Guardian

The former Tory party chair, Sayeeda Warsi, has hit out at the government’s new commission on racial inequalities, saying she fears it will result in a “whitewash”, and criticised controversial comments made by the No 10 adviser setting it up. Lady Warsi, who was Britain’s first female Muslim cabinet minister and has been a leading campaigner against Islamophobia within the Conservative party, warned that the commission is likely to provide its instigators with “the answer that they want to hear: there’s no such thing as racism”. The Tory peer also railed against comments made by Munira Mirza, the head of the No 10 policy unit, who is leading much of the work to form the commission. Source: Sayeeda Warsi attacks new UK race inequality commission | Race | The Guardian

Q: False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch) | Medact Calendar

We are excited to be able to invite you to an online launch of our latest report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’. This report brings together new research that seeks to shed light on the implications of the Prevent duty in UK health services. Prevent is a controversial strand of the government’s […] Source: False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch) | Medact Calendar