Polish Migration Projects in the UK

I try to keep the 'interesting projects' page of this blog up-to-date with projects of interest to my research. Here's a selection of the more Polish migration specific projects detailed on the page, which have recently been completed in the UK.

The Essential Guide for Polish Parents

A nine month research project addressing issues presented by Polish Pupils in London Schools was conducted by Rosemary Sales, Louise Ryan, Magda Lopez Rodriguez and Alessio D’Angelo in 2008. Their research, funded by the Economic Social Research Council and Multiverse, has been used to form an essential guide for Polish parents living in Britain. For further information about the project please follow this link to the Economic Social Research Council website: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-189-25-0005/outputs/Guide/read/ddb8c1ae-3839-4903-b754-b2ba7892ac29. To download ‘The essential guide for Polish parents’ or to read the full report and report summary please follow this link to the University of Middlesex website: www.mdx.ac.uk/hssc/research/centres/sprc.

Poland's Migration Challenges

Polish emigration experts Krystyna Iglicka (the Center for International Relations Warsaw), and Magdalena Ziolek-Skrzypczak (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) have produced an excellent online article about the outcome of EU enlargement on Poland. The article includes information about: historical background, immigration to Poland, refugees and asylum seekers, emigration from Poland, Polish citizens abroad, remittances, return migration, Polish immigration policy and Polish integration policy.
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=800


Podcasts on Historical Scottish Migration to Poland

As part of the University of St Andrews Scotland and the Wider World, Researchers' Night 2010, Dr Peter Bajer and Professor Waldemar Kowalski have uploaded there papers on to podcasts, downloadable on the Researchers' Night webpage. I think this is a really innovative and exciting way to present research, being free, accessible and public, and both papers present Scottish migrants in a very empathetic manner. The podcasts are downloadable in both Polish and English.
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/researchersnight/podcasts

Sport & Physical Activity - Polish Community

The charity Sporting Equals, which aims to promote ethnic diversity across sport and physical activity in the UK, produced this interesting information leaflet in 2010 which highlights issues of Polish health and lifestyle and also gives a brief summary about participation in sport as a migrant group in the UK.
http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/polish-factsheet-10924.pdf

To read more about interesting projects in my research field please visit my blog page: http://polishfamiliesnewcastle.blogspot.com/p/list-of-further-reading-listening-links.html