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  • Introducing the Mix-d: Professionals’ Pack

    Introducing the Mix-d: Professionals’ Pack Mix-d: 2012-07-13 Everything you need to work confidently with the mixed-race subject. The Mix-d: Professionals’ Pack is an essential guide for teachers, facilitators, mentors and professional carers. The pack will equip you, your staff and organisation with the resources and knowledge to deal confidently with all aspects of the mixed-race topic……

  • British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act (1914)

    British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act (1914) Mix-d: Museum: Timeline Mix-d: 2012-07-10 With the increase of the minority ethnic population in Britain from the turn of the century, popular concerns about interracial relationships grew. The 1914 British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act meant that not only did ‘aliens’ – that is, foreign-born residents,…

  • In Conversation with Mix-d

    In Conversation with Mix-d the mixed project 2012-04-13 First to enter is Jeanette. Attired in an elegant blouse, she is ready for her close-up. Her sweet smile and murmur of ‘good morning’ gets immediate replies from the rest of us in the studio. Jeanette’s blue eyes will not get completely accustomed to the dim lighting,…

  • Mix-d: Museum

    Mix-d: Museum Mix-d:™ 2012-02-27 Chamion Caballero, Senior Research Fellow London South Bank University Peter Aspinall, Reader in Population Health at the Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent, UK The overall aim of the project is to explore the potential of translating knowledge through technology. Working together with Mix-d, the team will draw on…

  • Not as simple as black or white

    Not as simple as black or white The Voice 2011-11-21 Elizabeth Pears How mixed-race Brits are tackling issues surrounding dual heritage LAST MONTH, the UK’s fastest growing ethnic minority, as part of the BBC’s Mixed Britannia series, reignited the debate of what it means to be ‘mixed-race’. Demographers have predicted that Britain’s mixed-race population will…

  • Preview Of Essential Guide To Working With Mixed-Race Young People

    Preview Of Essential Guide To Working With Mixed-Race Young People Manchester Metropolitan University Tuesday, 2011-10-04, 10:00-12:30 BST (Local Time) Thursday, 2011-10-06, 10:00-12:30 BST (Local Time) ‘Political Correctness’ has gone wrong. Let us help you talk about the subject in a practical and productive way. Come along to our next training session!! Who we are: Mix-d:…

  • Mixed Matters: Mixed-race pupils discuss school and identity

    Mixed Matters: Mixed-race pupils discuss school and identity Troubador Publishing March 2011 128 pages 198×127 mm ISBN: 9781848765719 Denise Williams Mixed Matters responds to the dearth of literature about the experiences of mixed-race pupils in British schools. It seeks to examine how much credence schools should give to pupil identities when one parent is white…

  • Bringing the Mix-d: Experience to Leicester College: A Good Practice Guide to Meeting the Needs of Mixed Heritage Students in Further Education

    Bringing the Mix-d: Experience to Leicester College: A Good Practice Guide to Meeting the Needs of Mixed Heritage Students in Further Education Multiple Heritage Project May 2010 26 pages Leicester College was successful in gaining funding from the LSC [Learning Skills Council] for a specific action research project to work with a group of mixed…

  • Mixed heritage models set to face off

    Mixed heritage models set to face off Mancunian Matters Manchester, England 2010-10-29 Natasha Carter Models will take to the catwalk in the UKs first mixed-race model contest held by a Manchester-based social enterprise tomorrow. Twenty finalists, all of mixed heritage, will go head to head on October 30th for the title of the Face of…

  • Mixed-race models ignored by British fashion industry

    Mixed-race models ignored by British fashion industry The Independent 2010-10-03 Emily Dugan They are under-represented on the catwalk – so they are holding their own glamorous contest From triumph in the White House to Olympic and Formula One garlands, via just about every stage and screen, mixed-race people have made massive leaps forward in the…