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Navigating Britain – e-Book Promotion
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Reinvention through Migration: Carlos’s story
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How to tell a story that finds an audience: A workshop on storytelling by Martin Plaut
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Volunteering – A good route to your future
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From Aleppo to Telford
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Welcome Presents a warm welcome with Food, Film and Friendship’
Interview with Welcome Kitchen and Presents Thanks for agreeing to be
Parenting in another culture: wishing you a very happy Mother’s Day
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Interview with the entrepreneur: Bayo Adelaja
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I was born here in England – by Richard Roach
Last night at the Making Migration Work event, a joint venture between Union
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Marshall E-Learning is sponsoring a TGIUK event at Union Chapel on Wednesday
The vital importance of social connection – an interview with TimePeace
Interview with TimePeace. Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by
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Time for Reflection and wishing everyone well for 2020.
The Festive Season A time for reflection! We have just recently designed and
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Interview with Housing Justice Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by
Making it your own – I am a Londoner
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Belonging: the importance of faith based institutions to migrants
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An interview with Brighton Table Tennis Club
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Resilience: the ability to bounce back and move towards your goals: an interview with Charly Ngouh
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The Five Steps To Mental Wellbeing
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The lowdown on accelerator programmes
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A brief history of employment rights – focussing on Equality Law
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Redundancy – an occupational hazard – Willem’s story.
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Learning English helps you find a job: Katana’ story
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Living and studying in Aberysytwyth
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Year 8 and the new marking system
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I interviewed Lucy, originally from Congo on how she had found her first
Walk with us on September 28th, 2019
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Some historical insights into the history of migration
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Introduction to the Moving Matters Report by Karen Ang
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Refugee Tales, July 2019
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Brexit and the Referendum Explained by Hannah Marshall
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Lessons and insights into making a life in the UK: an interview with Nadine from Ivory Coast
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Coming out day – Challenging the Norm
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World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2018: Top tips and useful resources
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Pensions – National Pension Awareness Day, September 15th
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Tips and tricks on house hunting in London – the importance of inventories
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Business Review: Startup Open House
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Refugee Week, June 18th – 24th, 2018
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Coming to Live in London: An Interview with Brigitte
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Arts review: Goldfish Bowl
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Don’t Worry about Brexit – A Chance Encounter at Kew Gardens
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Choosing Middlesex University and to live in London – An interview with Alia
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Living in the UK countryside:Farmers Markets
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Top tips on c.vs and your social media profile
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Giving it your best shot- learning from others
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Putting together the traditional and the contemporary combining a UK and African perspective
Please see below some wonderful art from Robert Bakama, an artist from
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6 curious facts about the UK
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The Art of Feedback
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I love Kina’s observations here. We have seen before that when you
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Interesting – a view from lebanon
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Insights from Canada
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Discussing the difference between careers in France and Spain, I learnt that
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We have been going out and asking people who have immigrated to the UK what
Everyday misunderstandings
James’s story reminded me of an incident I had about a couple of years
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