Event overview
An Online Taster Session of our MA Social Justice in Education Programme
Changing face of racism in Britain: education & policies for managing diversity.
Faris Sanhaji, Lecturer in Education
This session will explore the role of education in relation to British state policies for ‘managing diversity’. Looking at the period from the arrival of the Windrush generation in the 1950s to present day concerns about the impact of Brexit, Faris Sanhaji will trace how government policies to ‘manage diversity’ (eg multiculturalism, integration, cohesion) have involved the construction of ethnic minorities as ‘problems’ to be managed and contained.
Our key focus will be the role that education has played in the process; we will examine how the relationship between education and state policies has not been linear and indeed there have been some points of tension. However, education has been central in state constructions of minority groups as ‘others’.
Drawing on examples from theoretical and empirical research We will also discuss how state attempts to manage and contain racialised ‘others’ have met with resistance within and beyond education over the same period.
This is a taster session for the Race, Culture and Education module part of the MA Social Justice in Education programme at Goldsmiths University of London.
After the talk, there will be an opportunity to learn more about the MA Social Justice in Education at Goldsmiths.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2026 | 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
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