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A launch event will be held tomorrow at the Institute of Education to launch a Charter for an Anti-Racist University. The Charter's development is in response to the belief that the marketisation of higher education is causing disruption and uncertainty across the sector and in the process, some universities no longer prioritise race equality.

Operation Black Vote graduate, Councillor Anna Rothery, makes history by becoming the first Liverpool Councillor to speak on the floor at the United Nations.

Operation Black Vote have launched a unique Civic Leadership Programme to nurture the next generation of Wolverhampton and Birmingham’s future leaders. The aim of the project is to increase the representation of Black and minority ethnic individuals (BME) in all areas and all levels of civic and public life.  

After a long day at the office all you can think about is your planned holiday to Portland, Jamaica in a few months time. This is the only thought that brings you joy each day. However, this thought will cost you and your family of four, £300 more than you anticipated. This cost is called Air Passenger Duty.

Sally Feldman, who is senior fellow, creative industries, at the University of Westminster, writes in today's Times Education supplement about the challenges facing many Black children at school.

If racism is to be taken serious when genuine mistakes around racial language are made - sometimes words get lost in translation- we must be quick to rectify them.

To call someone a monkey or describe them as one is without doubt a racial slur. Any attempt to disguise that fact, as some are now doing by claiming their reference to Black people as monkeys was a discussion about anthropology, is frankly risible.

Following the sad death of Malcolm Wicks MP, five candidates have spent every waking hour trying to convince an already cynical electorate that voting for them will change their fortunes. All of the five candidates, I have no doubt will not rest until forced to at midnight tonight. Then as morning breaks the voters will decide.

All twelve nominees gave us a summer to remember. Their performances, their demeanour, their smiles, wonderfully showcased multicultural Britain.

They all have heart-wrenching stories, some of them dealing with adversity of the cruellest kind. It is almost a shame that in a year when so many excelled, there can only be one winner.

We think that Councillor Anna Rothery will make history by becoming the first Councillor from Liverpool City Council to be a highlighted guest speaker at the United Nations, Forum on Minority Issues.

Councillor Rothery, a graduate of the OBV MP Shadowing Scheme, will deliver a speech to the Fifth Session of the Forum on Minority Issues, which is to be hosted by United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on 27-28 November; will be attended by over 700 dignitaries from close to 200 countries, making it a truly global event.