THE CITY CIRCLE

 

Title: Madrassas: Lifting the Lid on Muslim Supplementary Education in Britain

Speaker: Myriam Cherti

Date: 2 Dec 2011 at 18:45

Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP

 

 

Event details: 

Madrassas are a greatly valued institution for the vast majority of Muslim families and the sector is thriving within the UK. Despite the strength of the madrassas, the sector is still largely misunderstood, which limits the public understanding of the way they work, their purpose and their effect.

IPPR conducted a research project to provide much needed evidence on the profile and nature of madrassas in the UK. It has explored their potential impact on a range of areas, including identity, community cohesion, educational development of children and child welfare.

In this talk, the speaker will share the findings of the research and make recommendations for the continuous improvement of the sector. 

 

The full report can be found here: http://www.ippr.org/publications/55/8301/inside-madrassas-understanding-and-engaging-with-british-muslim-faith-supplementary-schools. 

 

The speaker:

Myriam Cherti is a Senior Research Fellow at IPPR, which she joined in May 2009. Prior to this, she was a project coordinator at the Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum where she led on an oral history project on the Moroccan diaspora in the UK. Myriam also worked as a consultant and researcher on a number of European projects looking at the integration of ethnic minorities. She has also taught at the University of Sussex.

Myriam holds an MSc in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and a PhD in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex. Her doctoral research critically examines the pertinence of social capital as an analytical tool in explaining patterns of exclusion and inclusion among Moroccans in London.

Myriam is also currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex, and a Research Analyst with the Open Society Institute.

Free entrance. All welcome. 

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