LCSS-London Centre for Social Studies

Research plays a vital role in development of science, thereby deserving a considerable degree of attention.  The Research Skills development Programme (RSDP) at LCSS is designed to offer a platform for developing, exchanging and promoting ideas on research skills. It includes a range of academic activities to promote intellectual discussion and exchange of ideas between students, current practitioners and prominent scientists.

What we intend to achieve with this project is to tackle some of the challenges faced by Turkish speaking students including problems relating to low educational attainment, a lack of role models, truancy and exclusion; few are in employment with employers outside their own ethnicity and many are ambivalent about adopting a British identity.

Educational achievement levels of the Turkish pupils in the UK are very low. Many youngsters leave school without completing their GCSE's, and many display anti social behaviour, involve in gangs and use drugs.

The objective of the British Citizenship Courses was to promote the social integration of ethnic minority groups in London, in particular the Turkish-speaking community, within the wider community with the impetus provided by the British Citizenship Test (BCT) requirement for full citizenship rights.