CUV Partnership Annual Lecture 2004

'Why the difference? A closer look at minority ethnic students'.
Professor Tariq Modood

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. In 2001, he was awarded a MBE for services to social science and ethnic relations.

His best known works include Not Easy Being British (1992) and (with others). Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage (PSI, 1997). His latest books are Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain (Minnesota and Edinburgh University Presses, 2005), (co-ed) Ethnicity, Nationalism and Minority Rights, and (co-ed) Ethnicity, Social Mobility and Public Policy in the US and UK (both CUP, 2004).

His specialist areas include research on ethnic minorities' qualifications profile and entry into higher education. His latest work in this area is (with H. Connor et al) Why the Difference? A closer look at Minority Ethnic Students and Graduates, Research Report 552, Department for Education and Skills, July 2004.

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Previous Community University of the Valleys Annual Lectures

• 2003 'A nation of learning communities - Jane Davidson, Minister for Education & Lifelong Learning, National Assembly for Wales, at Onllwyn, Neath Port Talbot, as part of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations, organised by the CUV Partnership, in association with the Glynneath Training Centre
  
  
• 2002 'What's the point?' -young people learning and social exclusion - Sarah Lloyd Jones, Director People & Work Unit, at Cwmaman, Aberdare, organised by the CUV Partnership in association with the Telecentre & Business School, Porth.
  
  
• 2001 'The changing agenda of community education' - Dr Tom Collins, Dundalk Institute of Higher Education, Ireland, at Ammanford, organised by University of Wales Swansea, in association with Amman Valley Enterprise
  
  
• 2000 'Reclaiming common purpose', Jane Thompson, National Association of Adult Continuing Education, at Blaenavon, Blaenau Gwent, organised by the University of Wales Newport
  
  
• 1999 ' Fighting Social Exclusion in the Valleys through Objective 1 Funding'- Professor Hywel Ceri Jones at Pontypridd, organised by the University of Glamorgan.
  
  
• 1998 '…..' , Dr Kim Howells, at Onllwyn, Neath Port Talbot, organised by the University of Wales Swansea in association with the Dove Workshop.
  
  
• 1997 ' Democratising Knowledge' - Professor Doreen Massey, the Open University, at Monmouthshire County Council Offices, Cwmbran, organised by the Open University
  
  
• 1996 Professor Mike Fitzgerald, Thames Valley University, at Pontypridd, organised by the University of Glamorgan
  
  
• 1993 'The University and the People - Y Brifysgol a'r Werin' - Professor Kenneth O Morgan, University of Wales, the inaugural lecture of the Community University of the Valleys, at Onllwyn, organised by the University of Wales Swansea