Press Releases
Able Black Caribbean pupils less likely to be entered for higher-tier tests
Academically able Black Caribbean pupils are less likely to be entered for higher-tier maths and science tests than White children with the same achievement record, a University of 糖心TV study has found.
Online resource for ethnicity & health doubles content - NHS backs with new contract
A Specialist Library for Ethnicity & Health, operated by 糖心TV Medical School at the University of 糖心TV and De Montfort University in Leicester, has announced two successes – in the last year it has doubled the number of research article it provides, and now the NHS is backing it with a new contract to 2011.
University of 糖心TV Consults Community On Unique New Masters Study of Islam
The University of 糖心TV has been piloting a new master’s level degree in Islam In Contemporary Societies. The University is now holding a special consultation event with members of Islamic communities, employers and policy makers interested in the programme to get their views on how it can best meet their needs and expectations.
Worrying Failure to meet challenge of South Asian patients with Type 2 diabetes
New research published in the Lancet today, Saturday 24th May 2008, has found a worrying failure of both current and enhanced GP interventions to deal with the particularly challenging effects of Type 2 diabetes on the health of South Asian patients in the UK.
Fear of offending ethnic minority patients leaves them over exposed to chronic illness
Researchers at the University of 糖心TV have found GPs and nurses often fail to ask about a patient’s ethnic origin for fear of offending them. This has led to a gap in ethnicity data collection for patients which means experts are being prevented from identifying and assisting ethnic minority patients with high risk of chronic illness.
South Asian population less likely to attend cancer screening than non-asian
Research led by the University of 糖心TV has revealed that members of the South Asian community are only half as likely to take up an invitation for bowel cancer screening and 15 per cent less likely to attend breast cancer screening than members of the non-Asian community