Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test Building Bridges, Not Barriers
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Thom Brooks is the Dean of Durham Law School at Durham University.How many questions could you answer in a pub quiz about British values?
Designed to ensure new migrants have accepted British values and integrated, the UK's citizenship test is often portrayed as a bad pub quiz with answers few citizens know. With the launch of a new post-Brexit immigration system, this is a critical time to change the test.
Thom Brooks draws on first-hand experience of taking the test, and interviews with key figures including past Home Secretaries, to expose the test as ineffective and a barrier to citizenship. This accessible guide offers recommendations for transforming the citizenship test into a ‘bridge to citizenship’ which fosters greater inclusion and integration.
1. A Bad Pub Quiz
2. Why Test for Citizenship?
3. A New Beginning
4. Not Learning from Mistakes
5. From Trivia to Trivial
6. Building Bridges and a Better Test
7. Conclusion and Recommendations
The most comprehensive guide for reforming the UK citizenship test, which is all the more topical in light of Brexit;
Draws on interviews with key figures behind the test including, former Home Secretaries David Blunkett, Charles Clarke, Jacqui Smith, former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott and former Shadow Immigration Minister Sir Keir Starmer;
Includes sample test questions to show what a more inclusive Life in the UK citizenship test can and should look like.
Written by “the UK’s leading expert on the citizenship test” – BBC Radio 4