The UK has a very flexible economy, this can be very helpful overall and encourage employers to invest and create jobs but it does have personal costs. It can mean that we can all lose our jobs, not because we have done something wrong but because circumstances have changed and the company no longer needs […]
Category: Cultural
Introduction to the Moving Matters Report by Karen Ang
Karen’s introduction to the research report given on July 10th at the Migration Museum One of the many stories that came out of the research My job here tonight is to talk about our research on the challenges we face as migrants, how we solve these challenges, and how we want to be helped. My role tonight […]
Refugee Tales, July 2019
Refugee Tales is a wonderful initiative inspired by Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. It started a few years ago and is increasingly popular. It combines a walk with storytelling. Its purpose is for people to walk in solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers and immigration detainees. People walk for about fifteen miles a day over a week across […]
How I won my war by Charly Ngouh. A Book Review
The first thing I want to tell you about this book is I read it in two days, I couldn’t put it down. The second is that oddly, it reminded me of Michelle Obama’s book, ‘Becoming’. The reason it reminded of this is that both times, I felt that I was in the company of […]
Brexit and the Referendum Explained by Hannah Marshall
On the 24th June 2016 the UK held a referendum to decide whether we should remain in the European Union or whether to leave. Some of the key issues that were discussed in the debate included immigration, the economy and the NHS (National Health Service). When the results came in, the nation was shocked to […]
Time to have a meaningful conversation
“It is hardly possible to overrate the value… of placing human beings in contact with persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar” – J. S. Mill. ‘Fear of saying ‘the wrong thing’ should not stop us from saying anything at all’ – David Isaac, […]
Don’t Click Send Yet
At TogetherintheUK, we are always aiming to give you as much information as we can for you to have a successful, joyful and inclusive life in the UK. Most of our blog posts are based on research and conversations both with new migrants who have just recently arrived in the UK and with people who […]
The Church can be a great source of support.
My name is Sidonne I moved to the UK (from Africa) in 2002 and lived in Plymouth until 2009. I faced a lot of challenges initially as the pace of life was so different from the one I was used to. It was a culture shock for me and I needed to adapt quickly, if […]
Do something practical, work in a multicultural team and build!
Tyler here shares her insights on moving to the UK and tells us about her project. Arriving in the UK as an American, I felt confident. Having travelled to many distant countries, with vastly different cultural norms, languages, and practices from my own, the UK felt relatively akin to where I had grown up. However, […]
Review of 2018
So, what did we do? During 2018, we continued to explore what it is like to immigrate here and to share insights and tips about living in the UK. We talked about everyday topics and shared experiences, like the weather: so often people tell us that coping with the British weather is a big change […]