Harvi Khatkar creates history as first Sikh and BME woman to become Superintendent
A groundbreaking cop is proving an inspiration to others after becoming the most senior Sikh female officer in the history
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Parole Board triples its diversity
A recruitment campaign in the North of England has seen a record number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
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Black women in the US have to work an extra 233 days to earn what a white man earns in a year
The gender pay gap between men and women in the US is still a big problem, and it affects some women more
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SRA making exam easier to help BAME students
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has announced that it is considering dropping a written skills test for new solicitors because black, asian and ethnic
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Policing – 50:50 policy would ‘double BAME representation in three years’
The NBPA called for a change in legislation to allow forces to recruit one BAME officer for every white one.
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Why are working class kids passed over for top jobs?
Elvis, from Dagenham, is a working class lad who had his sights set on becoming a trader in the City.
Read moreLuton BAME community encouraged to go for leadership roles in education
Bedfordshire teachers gathered in Luton for an inspiring ‘BAME into Leadership’ networking event. More than 80 people attended the launch
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Pilot placement scheme to help BAME journalists break into radio and podcast
A new placement scheme will help tackle dwindling diversity figures in the UK audio journalism. In its pilot effort, the
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NHS ‘treating minority ethnic doctors as outsiders’
Doctors from ethnic minorities are too often treated as outsiders by their NHS bosses and peers and not given the support
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Black employee sues Boeing after finding noose at desk
The plane manufacturer said that while Curtis Anthony is “a valued Boeing South Carolina teammate,” there is no validity to
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‘I wouldn’t wear a T-shirt that says God does not exist’
For a decade, Quebec has been debating the issues of state secularism and reasonable accommodation in the Canadian province. Now
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Only two black head chefs in UK’s Michelin-starred restaurants
Just 6% of head chefs across 165 top restaurants are from a black or south Asian background There are only
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‘They think I’m a gangster’: the young black men caught in joblessness
A Hackney youth project aims to help overqualified but underemployed young people find their place In youth centres in cities
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Young Black borrowers more likely to fall behind on student debt
Young black student loan borrowers are four times as likely to fall behind on their payments than white ones, according
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How Black Farmers Are Trying To End Centuries Of Racism In America’s Food System
When Keisha Cameron and her husband first started farming their 5 acres of land in Grayson, Georgia, in 2014, they
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