Their work starts before sunrise when the classrooms are still empty. Whilst universities teach about values and rights these workers come and go unseen shrouded under a cloak of invisibility born of the stigma businesses and institutions attribute to the word ‘cleaners’ who for their part are generally exploited and […]
Migrants
José, my homeless friend
We feel an enormous emptiness when we lose a friend. An emptiness which fills with anguish, and overflows with anger when we discover in the empty spaces of our lives that the time we should have given to our lost friend has slipped away.
José Pais: Whores and mothers in Braganca
A rich and sensitive sociological analysis of the intersections of sex and money, in the contexts of traditional family expectations and the conflicting desire for freedom in a rapidly changing world. Mothers on both sides of the conflict; male bonding and male secrecy.
Muslims in British society: few rights and few freedoms
Islamophobia is leading to a weakening of civil liberties. Extreme right-wing and fascist groups are trying to use hatred of Muslim communities for their own ends.
Muslims: Perpetual immigrants? Marginalised or stigmatised?
90% of the Muslim community live in the 10% of the United Kingdom which has the most deprived areas and their employment rate is lower than that of the white population. They face abandonment and tend to be marginalised despite having been born in this country.
















