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Legal Challenge Following Chichester Uni’s Axing of Black History Course Gains Momentum
Legal action launched by students, following Chichester University’s suspension of a ground-breaking study course on the History of...
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Mar 1, 20241 min read
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The Herts Advertiser: Students taking legal action against uni for suspending black history course
A group of students have engaged lawyers to pursue legal action against a university alleging discrimination and breach of contract after...
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Feb 25, 20241 min read
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University Herald: Legal Battle Ensues As University Closes Unique African History Master's
The University of Chichester's recent decision to suspend recruitment for its groundbreaking African history master's program and...
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Feb 25, 20241 min read
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The Oldham Times: Students taking legal action against uni for suspending black history course
A group of students have engaged lawyers to pursue legal action against a university alleging discrimination and breach of contract after...
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Feb 25, 20241 min read
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BNN: Legal Battle Brews as University of Chichester Suspends Landmark African History Program
In a move that has ignited controversy and legal challenges, the University of Chichester has suspended its pioneering Masters by...
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Feb 22, 20241 min read
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The Independent: Students taking legal action against university for suspending black history course
A group of students are taking legal action against a university alleging discrimination and breach of contract after it “suspended” a...
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Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Times Higher Education: Closure of African history master’s faces legal challenge
Students sue Chichester over axeing of unique course, alleging discrimination and breach of contract read more
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Feb 22, 20241 min read
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UCU Northumbria supports the Save the MRes Campaign
This branch notes: -That the University of Chichester has closed its MRes course on the History of Africa and the African Diaspora and...
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Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Sowetan Live: Global moves to erase black history must be opposed
The University of Chichester in the UK is planning to shut down a Master’s research course about the history of Africa and the African...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Qiraat African: Who is Hakim Adi, the first African-British professor of history on the verge of losing his course in the UK?
An academic and expert in the history of Africa and the African diaspora, Professor Hakim Adi is at risk of termination by the University...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Nigerian Tribune: UK varsity’s move to halt first Nigerian-British Professor of History’s Course: An Attack on Black Race
An intellectual and expert in the history of Africa and the African diaspora, Professor Hakim Adi is at risk of termination by the...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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TRT Britain: Britain is far from combating ‘racism through transformative education’
Hakim Adi, the first person of African heritage in the UK to become a professor of history, says he’s been undermined for the second time...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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The Africa Centre: A Statement of Support
Since its founding in 1964, The Africa Centre has been focused on the need for the history of Africa and her Diaspora to be placed in its...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Race, Roots & Resistance Collective: A Statement of Support
We condemn this continued assault on Black scholars, African and African Diaspora Studies, and the discipline of History in UKHE and...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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The Sonification: A.S. Francis is writing Black history, like it or not
Students of African history and anticolonial resistance found themselves fighting their own university after it silently cancelled their...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Stabroek News: Rodney’s struggle is not over: Black History matters by Claudia Tomlinson, former MRes and PhD student
Now, fifty-five years later, another black professor of African history, the first black person to be appointed as professor of the...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Counterfire: How a British University is erasing African history: interview with Hakim Adi
The University of Chichester are scrapping a unique Masters by research (MRes) course on the history of Africa and the African diaspora....
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Royal Historical Society: The History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester
The President and Council of the Royal Historical Society are extremely disappointed and concerned by the University of Chichester’s...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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How To Be: WOLFSON PRIZE NOMINEE PROFESSOR HAKIM ADI ON REDUNDANCY AND RECOGNITION
In a week that should have been marked by celebration and recognition, Professor Hakim Adi, a renowned scholar in the field of African...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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The Runnymede Trust: Sidelining Black British history by former MRes Student and YHP member, Hannah
On 25 August, the University of Chichester officially announced it was axing its groundbreaking MRes (research masters) course on the...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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