The Expert View: Prevent, data collection and children’s rights
The UK's Prevent counter-extremism strategy involves data collection and retention that is far from public scrutiny. It is a form of surveillance that can remain with a person for
dr layla aitlhadj highlights peoples review of prevent at prevent watch end of year event
Speaking at the Prevent Watch annual update event this year, Director Dr Layla Aitlhadj mentioned the importance of the People's Review as the government review of the strategy con
The problem with government’s idea of ‘british values’ and why the trojan horse affair matters
The new requirements introduced under Prevent in 2015 included a statutory duty on schools to promote ‘British values’. This law was published following the Birmingham Trojan H
rse and prevent: what parents are asking and why it matters
At a recent event I spoke about Prevent to parents who had gathered for something that may seem unrelated to counter-extremism: the changes in the curriculum with regards to relati
surviving society: how prevent facilitates the far-right
During our recent Surviving Society podcast, we highlighted Prevent's love-hate relationship with the far-right and what it means for anti-Prevent advocacy.
Surviving society: prevent is an ideological ‘stop-and-search’ that is dangerous to justice
In this excerpt from the Surviving Society podcast, we break down why Prevent is the tip of a separate policy architecture that is set outside of long-established principles of evi
Scarman Lecture 2022: How Prevent disguises far-right influence in government
Since 2008, Criminology at Leicester has invited high profile guest speakers to deliver papers on current issues in criminology, criminal justice, policing and community safety.
The Scarman Lecture 2022: How Prevent undermines democracy
Since 2008, Criminology at Leicester has invited high profile guest speakers to deliver papers on current issues in criminology, criminal justice, policing and community safety.
how prevent has placed aggressive secularism in schools
Prevent and the narrative of ‘British values’ discriminates against minority faiths – in particular in education – and undermines the agency of all parents.
The PROP Briefing: Conservative Party Conference
What we can expect from the Tory conference and what we know about the long-delayed Shawcross report.