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Black historian claims Bristol used her as ‘human shield’
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Ethnic minorities Bristol University Slavery
  • May 5, 2022
Bristol school drops Colston from name to be ‘inclusive’
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Slavery Renaming
  • Apr 27, 2022
Colston School to be renamed Collegiate School, Bristol
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Slavery Renaming
  • Apr 26, 2022
Bristol school founded by Edward Colston renamed 'Collegiate' but says it is not trying to 'change or deny' its history
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Slavery Renaming
  • Apr 26, 2022
Cambridge college spent £120,000 in failed bid to remove slave trader plaque
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 14, 2022
Justin Welby backs removal of slave trader memorial in Cambridge college
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 13, 2022
Cambridge college accuses Church of England of ‘failing to understand’ black Britons
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 12, 2022
Church of England leaders object to keeping slave trader memorial in college
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Mar 29, 2022
Cambridge slavery dispute was about feelings, not truth
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Mar 24, 2022
Cambridge college can’t shift Rustat memorial
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Mar 23, 2022
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘risks mistrial’ of Cambridge college donor memorial case
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Cambridge University Slavery Colonialism
  • Feb 18, 2022
Archbishop of Canterbury calls for removal of Cambridge memorial to slave trade investor
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University of Cambridge Slavery
  • Feb 9, 2022
Tobias Rustat: Cambridge university slave trade objectors ‘were fed lies’
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University of Cambridge Slavery
  • Feb 3, 2022
Scotland: Academics should not be bullied in rows about slavery, says Professor Ewen Cameron
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Scotland University of Edinburgh Academic freedom Slavery
  • Jan 26, 2022
Students served by FE are vulnerable to modern slavery
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Slavery Student welfare
  • Jan 25, 2022
Cambridge asks court to decide fate of memorial to slaver Tobias Rustat
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Jan 24, 2022
Scotland’s first black professor accuses academics of racism in slavery row
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Scotland University of Edinburgh Slavery
  • Jan 21, 2022
Scotland: Academics back Sir Geoff Palmer in row over slave links
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Slavery Scotland University of Edinburgh
  • Jan 18, 2022
Scotland: University of Edinburgh’s slavery row response shameful, says Sir Tom Devine
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Scotland University of Edinburgh Slavery
  • Jan 17, 2022
Cecil Rhodes professorship dropped by King’s College London after row over slavery links
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Kings College London Slavery
  • Jan 10, 2022
School founded by slave trader Edward Colston will change name
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Slavery Colonialism Renaming
  • Dec 6, 2021
Edward Colston to be erased from the last school in Bristol bearing his name
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Slavery Colonialism Renaming
  • Dec 6, 2021
Final Bristol school to shed name of slaver Edward Colston
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Slavery Colonialism Renaming
  • Dec 6, 2021
School founded by slave trader Edward Colston will change its name
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Slavery Renaming Colonialism
  • Dec 6, 2021
Bristol private school will drop name of slave trader Edward Colston
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Slavery Renaming Colonialism
  • Dec 6, 2021
Colston's School to change its name amid slave trader association
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Renaming Slavery Colonialism
  • Dec 6, 2021
Cambridge college seeks to remove memorial to patron with links to slave trade
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Cambridge Slavery
  • Nov 15, 2021
'Harmful content' Cambridge University to put 'trigger warnings' on children's books
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Cambridge University Slavery Colonialism Racism
  • Oct 25, 2021
Cambridge University archive slaps 'trigger warnings' on classic children's books because of potentially 'harmful content'
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Cambridge University Colonialism Slavery Racism
  • Oct 25, 2021
Teach British children about country’s slave trade history, public say
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Slavery Black history Decolonisation
  • Oct 22, 2021
Scotland: Council votes to stop money from £1.6million trust fund being spent on local children's education
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Scotland Education funding Slavery
  • Oct 8, 2021
Schoolchildren hold mock trial of Tory MP over his ancestors’ links to slavery
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Slavery Indoctrination
  • Sep 22, 2021
School is accused of brainwashing students as young as 12 in mock trial of Tory MP over his ancestors' links to slavery
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Indoctrination Slavery
  • Sep 22, 2021
Haberdashers’ Aske’s schools change name over link to slave trade
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Decolonisation Slavery Anti-racism
  • Sep 4, 2021
Haberdashers' Aske schools drop slave trade investor's name
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Slavery Anti-racism
  • Sep 3, 2021
Bristol school name change after BLM protest sparks concerns: Where do you stop?
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Racism School buildings Colonialism Slavery
  • Jun 15, 2021
Jesus College row over slave-link memorial plans
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Cambridge Slavery
  • Jun 1, 2021
Schools rebrand to erase legacy of slavery and empire
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Slavery British empire Colonialism
  • May 9, 2021
University of Liverpool drops William Gladstone’s name from building over links to slavery
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University of Liverpool Slavery University buildings
  • May 4, 2021
City University reveals new business school name after ditching Cass over slavery links
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London City University Slavery University buildings
  • Apr 21, 2021
London's City University renames its Cass Business School in honour of statistician Thomas Bayes
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University buildings Slavery London City University
  • Apr 21, 2021
Cass Business School to be renamed after statistician Thomas Bayes
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London City University Slavery University buildings
  • Apr 21, 2021
Balliol College Oxford apologises for 300 years of taking slavery cash
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Oxford University Slavery
  • Mar 21, 2021
University of Edinburgh launches review of buildings linked to slave trade
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University of Edinburgh Scotland University buildings Slavery Diversity Decolonisation
  • Feb 16, 2021
Keep slaver plaque or lose our money, donors tell college
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University of Cambridge Donations Slavery
  • Jan 29, 2021
Children should be taught 'the good and bad about history', says Gavin Williamson
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Gavin Williamson History Slavery
  • Nov 22, 2020
Petitions urge teaching of slave trade and windrush
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Slavery History BAME
  • Nov 22, 2020
Teach us about the slave trade, not the Tudors, say young campaigners
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History Slavery
  • Nov 22, 2020
Give Cambridge investor’s cash to descendants of slave trade
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Cambridge Slavery
  • Nov 13, 2020
Cambridge college to remove memorial and any 'explicit celebration' of major benefactor due to slavery links
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Nov 6, 2020
School named after slaver Colston votes to lose link
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School buildings Slavery
  • Nov 6, 2020
Bristol girls' school named in honour of slave trader Edward Colston rebrands itself Montpelier High School
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School buildings Slavery
  • Nov 6, 2020
Scotland: Edinburgh University urged to rethink rename of David Hume Tower
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Scotland University of Edinburgh University buildings Slavery
  • Oct 30, 2020
Scotland: Edinburgh University tower’s new name ‘has a greater slave link’
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University of Edinburgh Scotland University buildings Slavery
  • Oct 29, 2020
Jamaican director of UCL's slavery research centre: British racism is 'clear and sharp'
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Slavery Research Racism
  • Sep 22, 2020
Scotland: State school urged to change name because of founder James Gillespie's slave trade links
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Scotland State school Slavery
  • Sep 16, 2020
Campaign to rename Edinburgh's James Gillespie's High School due to slave trade links
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Scotland Slavery State school
  • Sep 16, 2020
Campaign to rename Edinburgh school over slavery link
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Scotland Slavery State school
  • Sep 16, 2020
Scotland: Leading school urged to rename over founder’s slavery links
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Scotland Slavery State schools
  • Sep 16, 2020
Business school graduates want refund if uni drops slavery link from its name
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Business schools Slavery Colonialism
  • Jul 21, 2020
Edinburgh University considers renaming David Hume Tower over philosopher's links to slavery
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University of Edinburgh Scotland Slavery
  • Jul 17, 2020
City University changes business school name over slavery links
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Slavery Colonialism
  • Jul 6, 2020
London's City University changes name of its Cass Business School because of Sir John Cass' slavery links
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Slavery Racism
  • Jul 6, 2020
London’s City University scraps Cass name from business school over slavery links
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Slavery Racism
  • Jul 6, 2020
City business school to drop Cass name over slavery links
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Slavery Racism
  • Jul 6, 2020
City University drops Cass name from business school over slavery links
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Slavery Anti-racism
  • Jul 6, 2020
School named after slave trader Edward Colston considering change
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Scotland Slavery
  • Jun 13, 2020
Pupils should be better educated about Britain's role in slave trade - Starmer
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Black history Slavery Curriculum reforms Colonialism
  • Jun 11, 2020
‘Shameful’ slave auction re-enactment prompts outrage at university conference
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University of Liverpool Slavery Ethnic minorities
  • Nov 14, 2019
UK's first black female history professor to research Bristol's slavery links
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Bristol University Slavery Colonialism
  • Oct 30, 2019
Bristol University appoints black history professor to expose institution's links with slave trade
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Bristol University Colonialism Slavery
  • Oct 30, 2019
Bristol University appoints History of Slavery professor
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Bristol University Slavery Colonialism
  • Oct 30, 2019
Bristol University hires slavery professor to tackle colonial past
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Bristol University Colonialism Slavery
  • Oct 30, 2019
Rise in child slavery victims attributed to county lines gangs
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County lines Drug dealing Gangs Slavery
  • Oct 18, 2019
Glasgow University sets up £20m slavery fund
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Scotland Glasgow University Slavery
  • Aug 24, 2019
Glasgow University to pay £20m in slave trade reparations
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Glasgow University Scotland Slavery
  • Aug 23, 2019
Academic: University wrong to make Scots pay for slave crimes
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Glasgow University Slavery Scotland
  • Aug 23, 2019
Glasgow University's 'bold' move to pay back slave trade profits
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Scotland Glasgow University Slavery
  • Aug 23, 2019
Glasgow University funds £20m programme of ‘reparative justice’ over historical links to slave trade
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Glasgow University Slavery
  • Aug 2, 2019
Why it’s right to pay slavery reparations
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Glasgow University Slavery
  • Aug 2, 2019
Glasgow University to fund £20m project after slavery link scandal exposed
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Glasgow University Slavery
  • Aug 2, 2019
Glasgow University signs ‘reparative’ deal with Caribbean institute over slavery links
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Glasgow University Slavery
  • Aug 1, 2019
Slavery research leader aims to forge UK-Caribbean links
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Slavery History
  • Jul 14, 2019
What should British universities do about benefits received from past wrongs?
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Slavery
  • May 10, 2019
Cambridge University hides bell over fears it was 'most likely' used on slave plantation
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 8, 2019
Cambridge College removes historic bell from view, amid fears it was used on a slave plantation
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 8, 2019
Cambridge slavery: St Catharine’s College hides bell ‘from slave plantation’
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 8, 2019
Bristol University to confront its links with the slave trade
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Bristol University Slavery
  • May 5, 2019
Cambridge University assigns white academic to look at slavery links
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Cambridge University Slavery Academics
  • May 3, 2019
EU students, over-education, BME attainment, Cambridge and slavery (podcast)
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Podcast BAME Attainment gap Overqualified Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 2, 2019
Cambridge's slave trade inquiry should make us all reflect on Britain's colonial crimes
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 1, 2019
Cambridge's slave trade inquiry is not enough – it must be followed by concrete action
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 1, 2019
Cambridge University is investigating its links to slavery - what exactly does that mean?
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • May 1, 2019
Cambridge slave inquiry ‘cannot ignore colleges’
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Cambridge University Slavery Colleges
  • May 1, 2019
How have British universities grappled with links to the slave trade?
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Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge is right: you can’t take pride in the past and ignore the horror of slavery | Gaby Hinsliff
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge University to investigate how it profited from the slave trade
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
University of Cambridge to investigate how it benefited from slave trade
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge to probe historical links to slave trade
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge staff are to carry out a two-year probe into university's links with slave trade
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge university to study how it profited from colonial slavery
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge investigates its slavery links
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge University launches inquiry into slave trade links and historic racism
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
Cambridge to examine its links to slave trade
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Cambridge University Slavery
  • Apr 30, 2019
The school for survivors of modern slavery
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Slavery Colleges Resilience
  • Feb 22, 2019
What is she up to? Meghan Markle’s secret meeting with academics at King’s College London
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Academics Slavery Gender inequality
  • Dec 6, 2018
Meghan Markle busily takes notes as she makes secret visit to university
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Academics Slavery Gender equality
  • Dec 6, 2018
Pregnant Meghan Markle dresses down for surprise meeting with uni bosses on how further education can change lives
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Academics Slavery Gender equality
  • Dec 6, 2018
Pregnant duchess dons a simple black top as she makes a surprise appearance at a meeting with academics at King's College London
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Academics Slavery Gender equality
  • Dec 5, 2018
School told pupils to list pros and cons of slavery as homework
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Slavery
  • Nov 2, 2018
This school asked students to list the ‘pros’ of slavery as homework
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Slavery Secondary
  • Nov 2, 2018
Universities ‘should turn slave trade cash into scholarships’
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Scholarships Slavery Funding
  • Oct 26, 2018
London university calls for £100m slavery reparation
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Slavery
  • Oct 25, 2018
Scotland: use graphic novels to open up learning
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Scotland Secondary schools Slavery
  • Oct 24, 2018
Pupils taught how to avoid slavery traps
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Slavery
  • Oct 19, 2018
Focus on slavery is putting black children off history, teachers warned
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History Slavery Ethnicity
  • Oct 18, 2018
Reading, rights and research: Working together to end modern slavery
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Human rights Slavery
  • Oct 8, 2018
Letters: Glasgow University is not alone in profiting from slavery
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Glasgow University Slavery
  • Sep 25, 2018
Universities urged to follow Glasgow’s lead on slave trade past
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Slavery
  • Sep 24, 2018
Universities must follow Glasgow and own up to their role in the slave trade
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Universities Slavery Glasgow University
  • Sep 18, 2018
Glasgow University to make amends over slavery profits of past
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Glasgow University Scotland Slavery
  • Sep 17, 2018
Glasgow University ‘received up to £199m from slave trade profits’
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Glasgow University Scotland Slavery
  • Sep 17, 2018
Scotland: Glasgow University paid millions by slave traders
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Glasgow University Slavery
  • Sep 17, 2018
Glasgow University ‘received up to £199m from slave trade profits’
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Glasgow University Slavery Scotland
  • Sep 16, 2018
Glasgow University reveals its links to slave trade
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Scotland Glasgow University Slavery
  • Sep 16, 2018
Modern slavery survivors denied access to education due to Home Office rules
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Slavery Skills Training Funding Immigration
  • Aug 7, 2018
Free thinking education programme launched for survivors of modern slavery
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Slavery Human rights
  • Jul 3, 2018

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