NEWS STATESMAN: Don’t despair – here are all the ways Britain is better than it was two decades ago

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Two decades ago, Bangladeshi children were among the worst-performing in Britain. Yet the results of Bangladeshis on Free School Meals improved more than any other ethnic group on FSMs in the last decade, and the improvements have been reflected in the world of work. The proportion of Bangladeshi women in work has risen by one-third in the last five years, according to Yaojun Li, from the University of Manchester. The ascent of Bangladeshis, in school and in work, serves as an antidote to those who say that multiculturalism can never work.

Period6 Jan 2017

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  • TitleDon’t despair – here are all the ways Britain is better than it was two decades ago
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletNew Statesman
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date6/01/17
    DescriptionConsider Bangladeshis. Two decades ago, Bangladeshi children were among the worst-performing in Britain. Yet the results of Bangladeshis on Free School Meals improved more than any other ethnic group on FSMs in the last decade, and the improvements have been reflected in the world of work. The proportion of Bangladeshi women in work has risen by one-third in the last five years, according to Yaojun Li, from the University of Manchester. The ascent of Bangladeshis, in school and in work, serves as an antidote to those who say that multiculturalism can never work.
    Producer/AuthorTim Wigmore
    URLwww.newstatesman.com/2017/01/don-t-despair-here-are-all-ways-britain-better-it-was-two-decades-ago
    PersonsYaojun Li

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global inequalities

Keywords

  • Bangladeshi community
  • equality
  • gender
  • employment
  • sociology