What the new grooming gangs inquiry must do to put victims before politics Casey’s audit highlights the huge gaps around ethnicity data.

Colleague Daniel Taggart from Uni of Essex and I just brought this out on the #Caseyreport: theconversation.com/what-the-new... many thanks to @theconversation.com for the opportunity

What is the Casey report on UK ‘grooming gangs’, and why did Labour U-turn? The report addressed the UK’s institutional failure to protect children and teenage girls from sexual exploitation.

I spoke with Al-Jazeera about the Casey report which set in motion a new statutory inquiry in the UK - the drive for better data in relation to perpetration is really essential for implementing effective responses www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

Thanks to Naia and Bianca for filming these for the Dept! It's been fun seeing how colleagues responded to these questions, looking forward to the next instalments!

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Time to get to know our wonderful staff!

First up is @helenfewlass.bsky.social, a Lecturer in Archaeology and fan of old bones 🦴 & caves ⛰️

Thanks for all the questions and to everyone who came!

If Musk was sincere about wanting to tackle grooming, X should be doing more to support children's safety online

Such a brief format can't allow for the full complexities of these issues - but hope that relevant research and data can demonstrate why these recent comments were misplaced and damaging

I worked on the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse – here’s what Elon Musk is missing An expert lays out the facts about child sexual abuse in the UK and online.

'I worked on the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse – here’s what Elon Musk is missing' with insights from Michael May theconversation.com/i-worked-on-...

We really hope that it can contribute to positive changes in the discipline, and to build on the wider momentum of recognising the impacts of living with, teaching and researching challenging topics

Contributions cover anthropological fieldwork, teaching, and supervising with insights from across the world including the US, Greece, Italy, South Africa, and Lebanon

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Delighted that our special issue of Teaching Anthropology on 'Trauma-informed anthropology' is now online here: tinyurl.com/47s6dtyd Can't give enough thanks to the Editors and contributors - it's been a real joy and I've learned so much